De·cem·ber
 December
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- pronunciation:
- dih
sem
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- features:
- Word History, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the twelfth month of the year. December has thirty-one days. Winter begins in December for people who live north of the equator.
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December comes from
decem, the Latin word for "ten." December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.
The word december
contains the following part:
deca, dec, deci, deka
Greek
root
that means
ten, tenth
Example words: