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Webster 1913 Edition
June
June
,Noun.
[L.
Junius
: cf. F. Juin
. So called either from Junius
, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno
, the goddess.] The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
And what is so rare as a day in
Then, if ever, come perfect days.
June
?Then, if ever, come perfect days.
Lowell.
June beetle
,
June bug
(Zool.)
, any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus
– Lachnosterna
and related genera; – so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larvæ of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug
or May beetle
. June grass
(Bot.)
, a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See
Blue glass
, and Illustration in Appendix.Webster 1828 Edition
June
JUNE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
June
June
See also: june
English
Proper noun
June (plural Junes)
- The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun or Jun.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
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- A female given name for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
- 2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 29:
- Her parents were old, really old. That's why they'd given her such an old-fashioned name. June, because she was born in June. If she'd been born in November would they have called her November? June was a name for women in sitcoms and soap operas, the name of women who knit with synthetic wool and follow recipes that use cornflakes, not the name of a thirty-year-old with a ring in her nose ('Oh, June'.)
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Translations
sixth month of the Gregorian calendar
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See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from English June at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
June
- A female given name.
Related terms
june
june
See also: June
Novial
Etymology
A root word. Root: jun-. Morphemes: jun- + -e (2).
Noun
june (plural junes)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *juvenis, juvenem, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʒu.ne/
Adjective
june m, n (feminine singular jună, masculine plural juni, feminine and neuter plural june)
- (archaic) young
Declension
declension of june
Noun
june m (plural juni, feminine equivalent jună)
- (archaic) youth (young person)
Declension
declension of june