January

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") +‎ -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæn.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/ or as US
• (US) enPR: jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌɛɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌæɹi/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjʉˌeːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænɹi/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒanjʉuˌəɹi/
  • (Dublin) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌwəɹi/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæn(u)waɾi/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/^[1]
• (US) Hyphenation: Jan‧u‧ary^[2]
• (UK) Hyphenation: Janu‧ary

January (plural Januaries or Januarys)

2. The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.

   Alternative forms: Jan, Jan., JAN, 1

   Holonyms: calendar year; year

   Comeronyms: February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

   01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009.

   American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

   I hate Januarys: it's always too cold.

   • 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The Louisville Metro Police Department terminated Detective Myles Cosgrove in January for use of deadly force for firing 16 rounds into Taylor’s home and failing to activate his body camera, according to a copy of his termination letter.

3. (rare) A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
   • 2011, Michael Schofield, January First:

     “Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!”

• Janus

Borrowed from English January.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒanjuˈaɾi/ [d͡ʒɐnˈɲwaː.ɾɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /djanjuˈaɾi/ [d̪jɐn̪.jʊˈaː.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: Jan‧ua‧ry

January (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜏᜇᜒ)

1. a female given name from English
2. a male given name from English