January

English 1 right 260 Sebastiaan Vrancx - January - WGA25384.jpg An early-1600s painting depicting a Flemish winter scene with ice skaters. Milwaukee January 2026 06 (Cool Fool Kite Festival).jpg A kite is flown in snow-covered Milwaukee, Wisconsin in early January Alternative forms en Jan Jan. JAN abbreviation Etymology en :inh enm:Januarie<ety:from<Janevere<ety:bor<xno:genever<ety:der<la:Iānuārius>>>>>> 1 From en enm Januarie, enm januari, re-latinised forms of enm Janevere, enm Ieneuer, from en xno genever, from en la Iānuārius (month) of Janus, a compound of la Iānus -ārius "Janus" adjectival suffix 1, with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root ine-pro *yeh₂- to go. en Gennaro. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi/ /ˈd͡ʒæn.jə.ɹi/ RP or as US jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē US, en /ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/ /ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌæɹi/ en en-us-January.ogg US en /ˈd͡ʒæn.jʉˌeːɹi/ /ˈd͡ʒæn.jəɹi/ /ˈd͡ʒæn.ɹi/ AU en /ˈd͡ʒan.jʉuˌəɹi/ IE en /ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌwəɹi/ Dublin en /ˈdʒanwəri/ /ˈdʒan(j)ʊwəri/ /dʒən(ə)wəˈri/ Indic en /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/ /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/ obsolete2 II.4 68 en US en Jan u ary en UK en Janu ary Proper noun ies s en Q108The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. en Jan<id:Q108> Jan.<id:Q108> JAN<id:Q108> mul:1<id:Q108> en First Month Quakerism en calendar year<id:Q3186692> ; year<id:Q577> en February<id:Q109> March<id:Q110> April<id:Q118> May<id:Q119> June<id:Q120> July<id:Q121> August<id:Q122> September<id:Q123> October<id:Q124> November<id:Q125> December<id:Q126> 01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009. American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009. en I hate Januarys: it's always too cold. en Sophie Atkinson Andy Warhol’s Secrets for Surviving Isolation w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/magazine/the-philosophy-of-andy-warhol.html 2020-06-30 I get sick a lot in the winter, so I spent this past January as I’ve spent many Januaries before it — in bed with a standard-issue flu. https://web.archive.org/web/20201104072318/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/magazine/the-philosophy-of-andy-warhol.html en Amir Vera Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/13/us/myles-cosgrove-breonna-taylor-termination-appeal-hearing/index.html 2021-12-13 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220327164409/https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/13/us/myles-cosgrove-breonna-taylor-termination-appeal-hearing/index.html en rare en female month names < English. en 2011 Michael Schofield January First “Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!” Derived terms en Black January Dry January Januarily January 6 January Club January disease January effect January Events January indicator January King January Massacre January Rebellion January sales January term January thaw January Uprising Januaryish Junuary May and January mid-January Neveruary Nevuary Veganuary Related terms en Janus Descendants 2 desc bi januware jam janiweri pih jaenyuweri tpi janueri bn জানুয়ারি 1 my ဇန်နဝါရီ 1 1 ny Januwale 1 cho Chanuali 1 prs جنوری janoari 1 dv ޖެނުއަރީ 1 fj Janueri 1 hif january 1 gil Tianuari gu જાન્યુઆરી 1 ha Janairu 1 1 haw Ianuali hi जनवरी 1 1 ig january 1 iu ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ 1 jv januar januari 1 kn ಜನವರಿ 1 kg yanwadi 1 ln yanwáli 1 mg janoary ms Januari 1 1 ml ജനുവരി mi Hānuere 1 1 mr जानेवारी 1 mh Jānwōde 1 or ଜାନୁଆରୀ 1 ps جنوري pon Senweri 1 pa ਜਨਵਰੀ 1 1 sm ianuari 1 si ජනවාරි 1 sw Januari 1 tl January 1 ty tēnuare 1 ta ஜனவரி 1 te జనవరి 1 tkl Ianuali 1 to Sānuali 1 tum Janyuwale 1 yo Jánúárì Translations first month of the Gregorian calendar Abaza: abq гъынчыльа Abkhaz: ab ажьырныҳәа Afrikaans: af Januarie Ainu: ain ルチュㇷ゚ ruchup Akan: ak Ɔpɛpɔn Alabama: akz lokbahaháhpa Albanian: sq Janari, sq janar, sq kallnor, sq djegqerrës Alutiiq: ems Cuqllirpaaq Iraluq Amharic: am ጃንዩዌሪ Apache: Western Apache: apw Dził Bilátahgai, apw Shashké', apw Binii' Idichíhé Arabic: ar يَنَايِر m, ar كَانُون اَلثَّانِي m Egyptian Arabic: arz يناير yanāyir Moroccan Arabic: ary يناير yanāyir Aragonese: an chinero m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ m, aii ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ m, aii ܝܲܢܘܵܪܝܘܿܣ Armenian: hy հունվար Old Armenian: xcl յունուար Aromanian: rup yinar, rup gulugeu Asturian: ast xineru m Aymara: ay chichu phaxsi Azerbaijani: az yanvar Banjarese: bjn Januari Bashkir: ba ғинуар Basque: eu urtarril Belarusian: be сту́дзень m Bengali: bn জানুয়ারি Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Enero Bislama: bi januware Breton: br Genver, br miz genver Buginese: bug januari Bukhari: bhh yanvar Bulgarian: bg януа́ри m Burmese: my ဇန်နဝါရီ, my တစ်လ Buryat: bua нэгэдэхи һара, bua нэгэдүгээр һара Catalan: ca gener m Cebuano: ceb Enero, ceb Ulalong Chavacano: cbk enero Chechen: ce Дечкен-бутт Cherokee: chr ᎤᏃᎸᏔᏂ Chichewa: ny Januwale Chickasaw: cic Hashi' Ammo'na' Chinese: Cantonese: yue 一月 Dungan: dng җынйүә Hakka: hak 一月 yit-ngie̍t Hokkien: nan-hbl 一月 it-go̍eh, it-ge̍h, it-gōe Mandarin: cmn 一月, cmn 元月 yuányuè Choctaw: cho Chanuali Chukchi: ckt ынпылювлен ynpyljuvlen, ckt чьачаӈԓьоргын čʹačaṇḷʹorgyn Chuvash: cv кӑрлач Circassian: West Circassian: ady щылэ маз Coptic: cop ⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ Cornish: kw Genver m, kw Mys Genver, kw mis Genver Corsican: co ghjennaghju m Cree: Atikamekw: atj Kenositc pisimw Montagnais: moe tshishe-pishimᵘ Crimean Tatar: crh yanvar, crh qara qış ayı Czech: cs leden m Dakota: dak Witeȟi Danish: da januar c Dhivehi: dv ޖެނުއަރީ Dusun: Central Dusun: dtp Milatok Dutch: nl januari m Old Dutch: odt wintermānoth Dzongkha: dz སྤྱི་ཟླ་དང་པ། Emilian: egl żnèr m Erzya: myv якшамков Esperanto: eo januaro, eo Januaro Estonian: et jaanuar Etruscan: ett 𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌀𐌗 Ewe: ee Dzove, ee Yanuar Extremaduran: ext eneru Faroese: fo januar m Fijian: fj Janueri Fiji Hindi: hif january Finnish: fi tammikuu Franco-Provençal: frp janviér French: fr janvier m Frisian: North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: frr janewoore m Mooring: frr ismoune m, frr januar m Saterland Frisian: stq Januoar West Frisian: fy jannewaris c, fy foarmoanne Friulian: fur Zenâr m, fur Genâr Gagauz: gag Büük ay Galician: gl xaneiro m Georgian: ka იანვარი German: de Januar m, de Jänner m southern Germany Austria Switzerland, de Hartung m poetic Alemannic German: gsw januar Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Januar Gilbertese: gil Tianuari Greek: el Ιανουάριος m, el Γενάρης m colloquial Ancient Greek: grc Ἰανουάριος Greenlandic: kl januaari, kl qaammaliaq Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug jasyteĩ Guianese Creole: gcr janvyé Gujarati: gu જાન્યુઆરી Haitian Creole: ht janvye Hausa: ha Janairu Hawaiian: haw Ianuali Hebrew: he יָנוּאָר m yánuar Hiligaynon: hil ulalong Hindi: hi जनवरी f janvarī Hungarian: hu január Hunsrik: hrx Januar m Icelandic: is janúar m, is janúarmánuður m Ido: io januaro Igbo: ig january Ilocano: ilo enero Indonesian: id Januari Ingrian: izh janvari, izh syänkuu obsolete Interlingua: ia januario Inuktitut: iu ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ Inupiaq: ik Aullaqtuġvik Irish: ga Eanáir f, ga Mí Eanáir Italian: it gennaio m Jamaican Creole: jam Janiweri Japanese: ja 一月 いちがつ, ichigatsu, archaic ja 睦月 むつき, mutsuki Javanese: jv Januar, jv Januari Kabuverdianu: kea janeru Kabyle: kab yennayer Kalmyk: xal туула сар Kambera: xbr wulang hau Kannada: kn ಜನವರಿ Kapampangan: pam Kaumpisang búlan, pam Enéru, Kashubian: csb stëcznik Kazakh: kk қаңтар Khmer: km មករា Kikuyu: ki Mũgaa Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv январ, kpv тӧв шӧр Kongo: kg yanwadi Korean: ko 일월(一月), ko 1월, ko 정월(正月) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کانوونی دوھەم, ckb کانوونی دووەم Northern Kurdish: kmr rêbendan, kmr kanûna duyem, kmr kanûna paşîn Kyrgyz: ky январь Ladin: lld jené Ladino: lad jenero Lakota: lkt Wiótheȟika wí Lao: lo ມັງກອນ Latin: la Iānuārius m Latvian: lv janvāris m Lezgi: lez гьер Ligurian: lij zenâ m Limburgish: li Jannewarie Lingala: ln yanwali, ln sánzá ya yambo Lithuanian: lt sausis m Livonian: liv janvār, liv ūdāigast kū Lombard: lmo zenèr Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl jannewaori German Low German: nds-de Januar m Middle Low German: gml Januarius, gml Jenner Luxembourgish: lb Januar m, lb Haartmount m, lb Jannewarie Macedonian: mk јануа́ри m Malagasy: mg janoary Malay: ms Januari Malayalam: ml ജനുവരി Maltese: mt Jannar m Manchu: mnc ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ ᠪᡳᠶᠠ aniya biya Manx: gv Jerrey Geuree Māori: mi Kohi-tātea, mi Hānuere Marathi: mr जानेवारी, mr जानेवारी महिना Mauritian Creole: mfe zanvie Mingrelian: xmf ღურთუთა Mirandese: mwl Janeiro m Mòcheno: mhn genner m Moksha: mdf январьгов Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn нэгдүгээр сар Nahuatl: nah tlacēnti Navajo: nv Yas Niłtʼees Neapolitan: nap jennaro, nap iennaro, nap gennàio Negerhollands: dcr Januarie Norman: nrf janvyi, nrf Janvyi m Jersey Northern Sotho: nso Pherekgong Norwegian: Bokmål: nb januar m Nynorsk: nn januar m Occitan: oc genièr m Odia: or ଜାନୁଆରୀ Ojibwe: oj gichi-manidoo-giizis Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu просиньць m, cu еноуар҄ь m, cu еньвар҄ь m, cu г҄еноуар҄ь m, cu г҄еньвар҄ь m Old English: ang æfterra ġēola m, ang Ianuarius m Old Prussian: prg Janwārs, prg Rags Oromo: om Amajjii Pannonian Rusyn: rsk януар m Pashto: ps جنوري f ǰanwarí Pennsylvania German: pdc Yanuaar, pdc Yenar, pdc Yenner Persian: Dari: prs جَنْوَرِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira ژانْوِیِه Piedmontese: pms gené Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih jaenyuweri Plautdietsch: pdt Jaunewoa m Polish: pl styczeń m-in Portuguese: pt janeiro m Punjabi: pa ਜਨਵਰੀ m Quechua: qu qhulla puquy killa Rapa Nui: rap Tu'u a Haro Romanian: ro ianuarie m, pop ro gerar, pop ro cărindar Romansh: rm schaner m, rm schner m Russian: ru янва́рь m Sami: Inari Sami: smn uđđâivemáánu Kildin Sami: sjd о̄дтыгкьма̄нн Lule Sami: smj ådåjakmánno, smj ådåjakmákmanno Northern Sami: se ođđajagimánnu Skolt Sami: sms ođđeeʹjjmään Southern Sami: sma tsïengele Samoan: sm ianuari Samogitian: sgs sausis Sardinian: sc gennaxu, sc ghennàrgiu Campidanese: sc gennàrgiu Logudorese: sc gennàrzu, sc bennàrzu Scots: sco Januar Scottish Gaelic: gd Faoilleach am Faoilleach Sekani: sek Tlįį duchę̀’ ’ehdasde Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh јануар m, sh сечањ m, sh сијечањ m Latin: sh januar m, sh sečanj m, sh siječanj m Shona: sn Kurume, sn Nyamataka 1a Sicilian: scn jinnaru m Silesian: szl styczyń m Sinhalese: si ජනවාරි Slovak: sk január m Slovene: sl jánuar m Somali: so jannaayo Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb januar m, dsb wezymski m Upper Sorbian: hsb januar m, hsb wulki róžk archaic Sotho: st Pherekgong Southern Altai: alt январь Spanish: es enero m Sundanese: su Januari Svan: sva ქვა̈ხ Swahili: sw Januari Swazi: ss Bhimbídvwane Swedish: sv januari c, sv torsmånad c obsolete Tagalog: tl Enero Tahitian: ty tēnuare Tajik: tg январ Tamil: ta ஜனவரி Taos: twf sə̀onpʼóna Tarantino: roa-tar scennare Tashelhit: shi innayr Tatar: tt гыйнвар Tày: tyz bươn chiêng, tyz bươn ết Telugu: te జనవరి Tetum: tet janeiru Thai: th มกราคม Tibetan: bo ཟླ་དང་པོ Tok Pisin: tpi janueri Tokelauan: tkl Ianuali Tongan: to Sānuali Turkish: tr ocak, tr kânunusani archaic, tr büyük ay Turkmen: tk ýanwar Udmurt: udm толшор Ukrainian: uk сі́чень m Urdu: ur جَنْوَری f Uyghur: ug يانۋار, ug بىرىنچى ئاي Uzbek: uz yanvar Vai: vai ꘀꕇꖿꔒ Jɛ́níwɔle Venetan: vec zenaro, vec genaro m Veps: vep viluku Vietnamese: vi tháng giêng, vi tháng một Volapük: vo yanul Võro: vro vahtsõaastakuu, vro kaarnakuu Walloon: wa djanvî Waray-Waray: war enero Welsh: cy Ionawr f West Flemish: vls januoari Winnebago: win Hųųc wiconįra wiira Wolof: wo Semwiyee Xhosa: xh eyoMqungu, xh uJanuwari c1a c2a Yaghnobi: yai йанвар Yakut: sah Тохсунньу Yiddish: yi יאַנואַר m Yup'ik: esu Kanruyauciq Zazaki: zza zemperiye, zza çele Zulu: zu uMasingana c1a c2a, zu uJanuwari c1a c2a Zuni: zun Dayamcho Yachunne See also References en eponyms en Months Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:January 1 ++ Enero Pronunciation Janyuary + Proper noun Janyuwari tl female English tl male English