October

See also: october

English

Alternative forms

• Octobre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒkˈtəʊbə/
• (US) enPR: äk-tōʹbər, IPA^(key): /ɑkˈtoʊbəɹ/, [ɑkˈtʰoʊbɚ]

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• Rhymes: -əʊbə(ɹ)

Proper noun

October (plural Octobers)

1. The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. Abbreviation: Oct.
2. (rare) A female given name from English.
   • 2002 January, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 35, number 4, page 138:

     The other one [book] I just read is October Suite by Maxine Clair (Random House, $23.95). It's about a woman named October. She's a young black schoolteacher in the 1950s ...

   • 2009, C.S. Graham, The Archangel Project, →ISBN, page 31:

     From somewhere in the distance came the screaming whine of an emergency vehicle's siren. Lance flipped open his phone. “Get me the address of a woman named October Guinness . . . That's right, October,” he said again, [...]

Derived terms

• humming October
• mid-October
• October beer
• October-bird
• October effect
• Octoberfest
• Octoberist, Octobrist
• October Revolution
• October surprise
• October War
• Octobral
• Red October

 

Descendants

• Bislama: oktoba
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Oktoeba
• Tok Pisin: Oktoba
• → Bengali: অক্টোবর (okṭōbor)
• → Burmese: အောက်တိုဘာ (auktuibha)
• → Chichewa: Okutobala
• → Dari: اکتوبر (oktôbar)
  • → Urdu: اکتوبر (aktūbar)
• → Hausa: Oktoba
• → Hawaiian: ʻOkakopa
• → Hindi: अक्टूबर (akṭūbar), अक्तूबर (aktūbar)
• → Malay: Oktober
• → Maori: Oketopa
• → Marshallese: Oktoba
• → Niuean: Okitopa
• → Serer: Oktoba
• → Shughni: اکتوبر (oktobar)
• → Swahili: Oktoba
• → Tokelauan: Oketopa
• → Tongan: ʻOkatopa
• → Wallisian: ʻOkitopa
• → Xamtanga: Oktoobar

Translations

tenth month of the Gregorian calendar

• Abaza: октябрь (oktjabrʲ)
• Abkhaz: жьҭаара (žtaara)
• Adyghe: чъэпыогъу (ĉɛpəwoğʷu)
• Afrikaans: Oktober (af)
• Alabama: hasiholtina ispókkòoli
• Albanian: tetor (sq) m
• Alutiiq: Kakegllum Iralua
• Amharic: ኦክተውበር (ʾoktäwbär)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: Gha̜a̜zhįʼ, Itsáh Bizhaazh

• Arabic: أَكْتُوبَر (ar) m (ʔaktobar), تِشْرِين الْأَوَّل m (tišrīn al-ʔawwal)
• Aragonese: otubre (an) m
• Armenian: հոկտեմբեր (hy) (hoktember)

  Old Armenian: հոկտեմբեր (hoktember)

• Aromanian: sãmedru
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ m (tišrīn qāmaya)
• Asturian: ochobre (ast) m
• Atikamekw: Namekosi pisimw
• Azerbaijani: oktyabr (az)
• Basque: urri (eu)
• Belarusian: кастры́чнік (be) m (kastrýčnik)
• Bengali: অক্টোবর (bn) (okṭōbor)
• Bislama: oktoba
• Breton: Here (br), miz Here
• Bulgarian: окто́мври (bg) m (októmvri)
• Burmese: အောက်တိုဘာ (my) (auktuibha), ဆယ်လ (hcaila.)
• Buryat: арбадахи һара (arbadaxi hara), арбадугаар һара (arbadugaar hara)
• Catalan: octubre (ca) m
• Central Dusun: Gumas
• Chechen: Гӏадужу-бутт (Ğadužu-butt)
• Cherokee: ᏚᏂᏅᏗ (duninvdi)
• Chichewa: Okutobala
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 十月 (sap⁶ jyut⁶)

  Dungan: шийүә (šiyüə)

  Hakka: 十月 (sṳ̍p-ngie̍t)

  Hokkien: 十月 (cha̍p-go̍eh, cha̍p-ge̍h, cha̍p-gōe)

  Mandarin: 十月 (zh) (shíyuè)

• Chukchi: гытгайъэлгын (gytgajʺėlgyn), гытгайъэԓгын (gytgajʺėḷgyn),
• Chuvash: юпа (jup̬a)
• Coptic: ⲟⲕⲧⲱⲃⲣⲓⲟⲥ (oktōbrios)
• Corsican: uttrovi (co) m, ottobre (co) m
• Czech: říjen (cs) m
• Dakota: Wi iwikcemna
• Danish: oktober (da) c
• Dhivehi: އޮކްޓޫބަރު (dv) (ok̊ṭūbaru)
• Dutch: oktober (nl) m
• Dzongkha: སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཅུ་གཉིས་པ། (spyi zla bcu gnyis pa)
• Erzya: ожоков (ožokov)
• Esperanto: oktobro (eo), Oktobro
• Estonian: oktoober (et)
• Ewe: Kele, Ɔktober
• Faroese: oktober m, oktobur m
• Fijian: okotova
• Finnish: lokakuu (fi)
• French: octobre (fr) m
• Friulian: Otubar m
• Galician: outubro (gl) m
• Gallurese: Santigaini m
• Georgian: ოქტომბერი (ka) (okṭomberi)
• German: Oktober (de) m, Gilbhart (de) m
• Gilbertese: Okitobwa
• Greek: Οκτώβριος (el) m (Októvrios), Οκτώβρης (el) m (Októvris)
• Greenlandic: oktobari
• Haitian Creole: oktòb
• Hausa: Oktoba
• Hawaiian: ʻOkakopa
• Hebrew: אוקטובר \ אוֹקְטוֹבֶּר (he) m (október)
• Hindi: अक्टूबर (hi) m (akṭūbar)
• Hungarian: október (hu)
• Icelandic: október (is) m, októbermánuður m
• Ido: oktobro (io)
• Indonesian: oktober
• Interlingua: octobre (ia)
• Inuktitut: ᐅᒃᑐᐳᕆ (iu) (oktopori)
• Inupiaq: Nuliaġvik
• Irish: Deireadh Fómhair (ga) m
• Italian: ottobre (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: actoba, Aktuoba
• Japanese: 十月 (ja) (じゅうがつ, jūgatsu), 神無月 (ja) (かんなづき, kannazuki, かみなづき, kaminazuki, かむなづき, kamunazuki)
• Javanese: Oktober
• Kabuverdianu: otubru
• Kalmyk: хулһн сар (xulğn sar)
• Kambera: wulang hakambulu
• Kannada: ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ (akṭōbar)
• Kapampangan: Kayapúlûng búlan, Októbri
• Kashubian: rujan (csb) m
• Kazakh: қазан (kk) (qazan)
• Khmer: តុលា (km) (tolaa)
• Kikuyu: Mwania Thenge
• Korean: 시월(十月) (ko) (siwol)
• Kyrgyz: октябрь (ky) (oktyabr)
• Ladin: otober, utober
• Lakota: Čhaŋwápe kasná wí
• Lao: ເດືອນຕຸລາ (dư̄an tu lā)
• Latin: october (la)
• Latvian: oktobris (lv) m
• Lezgi: баскӏум (basḳum)
• Limburgish: oktober (li) m
• Lithuanian: spalis (lt) m
• Livonian: oktōbõr, vīmkū
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: oktober m, oktobermaand m

  German Low German: Oktober m

• Luganda: mukulukusa
• Luxembourgish: Oktober (lb) m, Wäimount (lb) m
• Macedonian: окто́мври (mk) m (októmvri)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: ഒക്ടോബർ (ml) (okṭōbaṟ)
• Maltese: Ottubru (mt) m
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ
  ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ (juwan biya)
• Maori: Oketopa
• Marathi: ऑक्टोबर (ŏkṭobar)
• Mingrelian: გჷმათუთა (gəmatuta)
• Mirandese: Outubre m
• Mòcheno: schanmikeal m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: аравдугаар сар (aravdugaar sar)

• Montagnais: uashtessiu-pishimᵘ
• Navajo: Ghąąjįʼ
• Neapolitan: ottómbre m
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: oktuuber m

  Mooring: stormmoune m, uktoober m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oktober (no) m

  Nynorsk: oktober (nn) m

• Occitan: octòbre (oc)
• Odia: ଅକ୍ଟୋବର (ôkṭobôrô)
• Ojibwe: binaakwe-giizis
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: листопадъ m (listopadŭ), листогонъ m (listogonŭ)

• Old English: winterfylleþ f
• Old High German: Gilbhart m
• Oromo: Onkoloolessa
• Ossetian: октя́брь (oktjábrʹ)
• Pashto: اکټوبر m (akṭóbár)
• Pennsylvania German: Oktower
• Persian: اکتبر (fa) (oktobr), اکتوبر (aktôbar) (Dari)
• Plautdietsch: Oktooba m
• Polish: październik (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: outubro (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਅਕਤੂਬਰ (pa) m (akatūbar)
• Romanian: octombrie (ro), (pop) brumărel (ro)
• Romansch: october m, otgover m
• Russian: октя́брь (ru) m (oktjábrʹ)
• Samoan: oketopa
• Sardinian: santigaini, santugabinu, santugaine m, mese de ledamines m
• Saterland Frisian: Oktober
• Scots: October
• Scottish Gaelic: an Dàmhair f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: октобар m

  Roman: oktobar (sh) m, listopad (sh) m (Croatia)

• Shona: Gumiguru
• Sicilian: uttuviru (scn) m, uttùviru (scn) m
• Sinhalese: ඔක්තෝබර් (si) (oktōbar)
• Skolt Sami: kålggmään
• Slovak: október (sk) m
• Slovene: október (sl) m
• Sotho: Mphalane (st)
• Spanish: octubre (es) m
• Swahili: Oktoba
• Swedish: oktober (sv) c
• Tahitian: ’ātopa
• Tajik: октябр (tg) (oktyabr)
• Tatar: октябрь (oqtyabr’)
• Telugu: అక్టోబరు (akṭōbaru)
• Thai: ตุลาคม (th) (dtù-laa-kom)
• Tok Pisin: oktoba
• Tongan: ʻOkatopa
• Turkish: ekim (tr), teşrinievvel (tr) (archaic)
• Turkmen: oktýabr
• Udmurt: коньывуон (końyvuon)
• Ukrainian: жо́втень (uk) m (žóvtenʹ)
• Urdu: اکتوبر (ur) m (akṭūbar)
• Uyghur: ئۆكتەبىر (öktebir), ئۆكتەبر (öktebr), ئوكتەبىر (oktebir), ئوكتەبر (oktebr), ئونىنچى ئاي (oninchi ay)
• Uzbek: oktyabr (uz)
• Vai: ꖺꖴꕿꕒ (Ɔkutóɓa)
• Venetian: otobre (vec)
• Vietnamese: tháng mười (vi)
• Volapük: tobul (vo)
• Võro: rehekuu
• Walloon: octôbe (wa) m
• Welsh: Hydref (cy)
• West Frisian: oktober (fy), wynmoanne (fy)
• Winnebago: Caa mąą hinąǧo wiira
• Wolof: Oktoobar
• Yakut: Алтынньы (Altınnyı)
• Yiddish: אָקטאָבער (yi) m (oktober)
• Yup'ik: Nulirun
• Zazaki: Tışrino Verên, cetan, oktobre, karnak
• Zuni: Kwa'hołs A:ya:kya, Łi'dekwakkya Łana

Noun

October (uncountable)

1. (now historical) A type of ale traditionally brewed in October. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     [T]he gate of a large chateau, of a most noble and venerable appearance […] induced them to alight and view the apartments, contrary to their first intention of drinking a glass of his October at the door.

Verb

October (third-person singular simple present Octobers, present participle Octobering, simple past and past participle Octobered)

1. (historical, transitive) In the early Soviet Union, to give a child a name tinged with Soviet revolutionary thought, as opposed to religious christening.

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

• Octobre

Scots

Etymology

From Latin octōber (“of the eighth month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [okˈtobər]

Proper noun

October

1. October

See also

• Previous: September. Next: November