November

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Italic *nown̥ Latin novem Latin November Latin november Old French novembrebor. Middle English Novembre English November From Middle English Novembre, from Old French novembre, from Latin November (“ninth month”), from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix. November was the ninth month in the Roman calendar. Displaced native Old English blōtmōnaþ (literally “sacrifice month”), so called because the Anglo-Saxons, when they were pagans, would sacrifice in this month before the winter set in.

1. The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

   “Holonyms: calendar year; year”

   “Red o'er the forest glows the setting sun, / The line of yellow light dies fast away / That crown'd the eastern copse, and chill and dun / Falls on the moor the brief November day.”

2. A female given name.

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of November from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.