English

Proper noun

April ‎(plural Aprils)

1. The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
   • 1845, Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad:

     Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there

2. A female given name; used since early 20th century.
   • 1947, Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll, page 27:

     I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April.

Synonyms

• (fourth month): Eastermonth

Derived terms

Translations

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)}

Anagrams

• Pilar

Afrikaans

Noun

April ‎(plural Aprilmaande)

1. April

Ewe

Proper noun

April

1. April

Related terms

• Afɔfiɛ

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpʁɪl/

Noun

April m ‎(genitive Aprils or April, plural Aprile or Aprils)

1. April

Malay

Etymology

From English April, from Middle English apprile, from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis.

Alternative forms

• اڤريل

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aprel]
• Rhymes: -el

Proper noun

April ‎(Jawi spelling اڤريل)

1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Maltese

Proper noun

April m

1. April

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) xhur tas-sena fil-kalendarju Gregorjan; Jannar, Frar, Marzu, April, Mejju, Ġunju, Lulju, Awwissu, Settembru, Ottubru, Novembru, Diċembru ^{(Category: mt:Months)}

Danish

Noun

april c

1. April (the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: da:Months)}

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

april m ‎(plural aprillen, diminutive aprilletje n)

1. the month of April

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: nl:Months)}

Interlingue

Noun

april

1. April

Limburgish

Noun

april

1. April (month)

Livonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin. See etymology at English April.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑpril/
  
• Speech synthesis

Noun

april

1. April
   • http://www.livones.net

     LKS vāldiž tīemiz pivād vȯltõ 1994. āigast 2. aprils

     the opening ceremony (lit. "celebration of opening operation") of LKS (Līvõ Kultūr sidām) was on April 2, 1994

Declension

Usage notes

Perhaps by error April is one of three months (besides November and December) that LĒL doesn't list. As can be observed on sites such as livones.net, its name is april. Declension type used for other borrowed words ending in -il (e.g., makril – 140) is given in this entry.

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) janvār, februar, märts, april, maij, jūnij, jūlij, ougust, septembõr, oktōbõr, novembõr, detsembõr ^{(Category: liv:Months)}

North Frisian

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

april m

1. (Föhr-Amrum) April

See also

• months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈpriːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

april ‎(indeclinable)

1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Derived terms

• aprilsnarr
• aprilspøk
• narre april, narre en april

References

• “april” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “april” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: no:Months)}

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis

Noun

april m ‎(indeclinable)

1. April (fourth month)

Derived terms

• aprilnarr, aprilsnarr
• aprilspøk
• narre ein april

References

• “april” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎpriːl/
• Hyphenation: a‧pril

Noun

àprīl m ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̀прӣл)

1. April

Declension

Derived terms

• àprīlskī

Synonyms

• (Croatian): trȃvanj

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac ^{(Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)}

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpríːl/
• Tonal orthography: aprȋl

Noun

apríl m inan ‎(genitive apríla, nominative plural apríli)

1. April

Declension

Coordinate terms

• (Gregorian calendar months) méseci gregorijánskega koledárja; jánuar, fébruar, márec, apríl, máj, júnij, júlij, avgúst, septêmber, október, novêmber, decêmber

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apˈriːl/, /apˈrɪl/

Noun

april c

1. April

West Frisian

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

april

1. April

Synonyms

• gersmoanne

See also

• Months of the year in West Frisian: jannewaris, febrewaris, maart/meart, april, maaie, juny, july, augustus, septimber, oktober, novimber, desimber