decembris

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈkɛm.brɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈt͡ʃɛm.bris]

decembris

1. inflection of december:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter singular

• "decembris", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• dec. (abbreviation)

From Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”); December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.

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decembris m (2nd declension)

1. the month of December (the twelfth and last month of the year)

   auksts decembris ― cold December

   pirmais decembra sals ― the first December frost

   žurnāla decembra numurs ― a magazine's December issue

   piektais decembris ― December 5th

   termiņš līdz 15. decembrim ― the deadline is December 15th

   decembra sākumā uzsniga sniegs ― snow fell in early December

   drīz pienāks īsās decembra dienas ― soon the short days of December will come

The old Latvian name for December, vilku mēnesis (“wolf month”), is no longer in common use.

• vilku mēnesis

• mēnesis