noun
December
The twelfth month of the year.
Our family visits the mountains every December for a vacation.
Etymology
The Latin root means ten. December was the tenth month in an earlier Roman ordering, and its name remained after the calendar placed it twelfth.
More examples
- December has 31 days.
- Her birthday is in December.
- The last two Decembers were unusually warm.
Forms
December · Decembers