February
专有名词
英 /ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/|/ˈfɛb.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/|/ˈfɛb.ɹə.ɹi/|/ˈfɛb.ɹi/
美 /ˈfɛb.ɹuˌɛɹi/|/ˈfɛb.juˌɛ(ə)ɹi/|/feb.juːeːɹiː/
英文释义
专有名词
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The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.
— Holonyms: calendar year; year
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A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
— “Cheryl, the man in this photo is a Mr. Dennis Lowe. He worked for a computer software company and he was married. He was impersonating a police officer, a real one by the name of Alexander Colton. He was doing this because he's obsessed with a woman named February—” Nowakowski stopped talking because Cheryl Sheckle's body jerked violently and she let out a muted cry. […] “It isn't a nickname, Cheryl. It's a real person, her name is February Owens and he's been obsessed with her since they went to high school together.”
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Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der.
Latin februum
Latin Februa
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -arius
Latin Februāriusder.
Middle English Februarie
English February
From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Februa (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Februa from februum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with fever and febris. A relatinization abandoning Middle English feoverel, from Old French feverier, which itself displaced Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”).
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der.
Latin februum
Latin Februa
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -arius
Latin Februāriusder.
Middle English Februarie
English February
From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Februa (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Februa from februum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with fever and febris. A relatinization abandoning Middle English feoverel, from Old French feverier, which itself displaced Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”).
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