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April
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april apríl aprīl äpril
English
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An April landscape with seasonal plants and animals (1860)
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An Easter postcard (1908)
Alternative forms
en Apr Apr. APR abbreviation
en Aprill obsolete
Etymology
en :inh enm:Aprill 1
From en enm apprile, en Aprill, re-Latinised from enm aueril, from en fro avrill, from en la Aprīlis of the month of the goddess Venus, perhaps based on en ett 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖, from en grc Ἀφροδίτη Venus. Displaced native ang ēastermōnaþ April Easter month, see en Eastermonth.
Pronunciation
en /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/ /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/ UK
āʹprəl US, en /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
en en-us-April.ogg US
en /ˈeɪ.pɹaɪl/ nonstandard,obsolete 2 III.1 72 !!! Accuracy 3 77
en A pril
Proper noun
s
en Q118The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.
en Apr<id:Q118> Apr.<id:Q118> APR<id:Q118> mul:4<id:Q118>
en Eastermonth<qq:religious or archaic> Fourth Month Quakerism
en calendar year<id:Q3186692> ; year<id:Q577>
en January<id:Q108> February<id:Q109> March<id:Q110> May<id:Q119> June<id:Q120> July<id:Q121> August<id:Q122> September<id:Q123> October<id:Q124> November<id:Q125> December<id:Q126>
en 1845 Robert Browning Home-Thoughts From Abroad Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there
en Steven Pifer Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/news/five-years-after-crimea’s-illegal-annexation-issue-no-closer-resolution The Center for International Security and Cooperation 2019-03-18 The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were. https://web.archive.org/web/20250429123039/https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/news/five-years-after-crimea%E2%80%99s-illegal-annexation-issue-no-closer-resolution
en Holly Yan Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/health/us-coronavirus-testing-per-capita 2020-05-12 As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). https://web.archive.org/web/20200606040204/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/health/us-coronavirus-testing-per-capita/
en female month names < English; used since the early 20th century.
en 1947 Hilda Laurence Death of a Doll 27 I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April.
en.
Coordinate terms
given name en Avril
Derived terms
en April fool April Revolution April showers April showers bring May flowers April Theory April Theses April Uprising April-fish April-gentleman April-gowk Aprilesque Aprilian Aprilish Aprilly Bloody April days of April mid-April
Descendants
bn এপ্রিল 1
my ဧပြီ 1
cho Eplil 1
prs اپریل epril 1
ha Afrilu 1
haw ʻApelila 1
hi अप्रैल 1
ms April 1
mi Āperire 1
mh Eprōļ 1
mkj eprel 1
tkl Apelila 1
tpi Epril 1
tr april 1
Translations
fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
Abaza: abq апрель
Abkhaz: ab мшаҧы
Afrikaans: af April
Alabama: akz hasiholtina istonóostàaka, akz Eyprilka
Albanian: sq prill m, sq prilli
Alutiiq: ems Uqna'isurt'sqaaq Iraluq
Amharic: am ኤፕረል
Apache:
Western Apache: apw Tʼąąʼ Náchoh
Arabic: ar أَبْرِيل m, ar نِيسَان m
Aragonese: an abril m
Aramaic: arc ניִסַן m
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܢܝܼܣܵܢ nīsan m
Turoyo: tru ܢܝܣܷܢ m
Armenian: hy ապրիլ
Old Armenian: xcl ապրիլ
Aromanian: rup aprir, rup prir, rup April
Asturian: ast abril m
Azerbaijani: az aprel
Basque: eu apiril
Belarusian: be красаві́к m
Bengali: bn এপ্রিল
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Abril
Bislama: bi epril
Breton: br Ebrel, br miz Ebrel
Bulgarian: bg апри́л m
Burmese: my ဧပြီ, my လေးလ
Catalan: ca abril m
Chechen: ce Оханан-бутт
Cherokee: chr ᎧᏬᏂ
Chichewa: ny Epulo
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 四月 sei3 jyut6
Dungan: dng сыйүә
Hakka: hak 四月 si-ngie̍t
Hokkien: nan-hbl 四月 sì-go̍eh, sì-ge̍h, sì-gōe
Mandarin: cmn 四月 sìyuè
Choctaw: cho Eplil
Chukchi: ckt гыройъэлгын gyrojʺėlgyn, ckt гыройъэԓгын gyrojʺėḷgyn
Chuvash: cv ака
Cimbrian: cim aprile m, cim avrell m, cim avrelle m
Circassian:
West Circassian: ady мэлылъфэгъу
Coptic: cop ⲁⲡⲣⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ
Cornish: kw (mis) Ebrel m
Corsican: co aprile m
Cree:
Atikamekw: atj Ka wasikototc pisimw
Montagnais: moe shiship-pishimᵘ
Crimean Tatar: crh aprel
Czech: cs duben m
Dakota: dak Wiitopa
Dalmatian: dlm aprail
Danish: da april c
Dhivehi: dv އެޕްރީލް
Dusun:
Central Dusun: dtp Ngiop
Dutch: nl april m, nl grasmaand m archaic
Old Dutch: odt ōstermānoth
Dzongkha: dz སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཞི་པ།
Emilian: egl avréll m
Erzya: myv чадыков
Esperanto: eo aprilo, eo Aprilo
Estonian: et aprill
Ewe: ee Afɔfiɛ
Extremaduran: ext abril m, ext abrili m
Faroese: fo apríl
Fijian: fj Epereli
Finnish: fi huhtikuu
French: fr avril m
Frisian:
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: frr april m
Mooring: frr gjarsmoune m, frr april m
Saterland Frisian: stq April
West Frisian: fy april, fy gersmoanne
Friulian: fur Avrîl
Galician: gl abril m
Gamilaraay: kld Bulawaa
Georgian: ka აპრილი
German: de April m, de Ostermond m
Gilbertese: gil Eberi
Greek: el Απρίλιος m
Greenlandic: kl apriili
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug jasyrundy
Gujarati: gu એપ્રિલ m
Haitian Creole: ht avril
Hanunoo: hnn Abril
Hausa: ha Afrilu
Hawaiian: haw ʻApelila
Hebrew: he אַפְּרִיל apríl m
Hindi: hi अप्रैल m
Hungarian: hu április
Icelandic: is apríl m, is aprílmánuður m
Ido: io aprilo
Ilocano: ilo Abril
Indonesian: id April
Ingrian: izh apreli, izh kevätkuu dialectal, rare
Interlingua: ia april
Inupiaq: ik Qargiḷiġvik
Irish: ga Aibreán m, ga Mí Aibreáin
Italian: it aprile m
Jamaican Creole: jam Iepril
Japanese: ja 四月 しがつ, shigatsu, ja 卯月 うづき, uzuki
Javanese: jv April
Kabuverdianu: ALUPEC Badiu kea abril, São Vicente kea ébril
Kalmyk: xal мөрн сар
Kambera: xbr wulang patu
Kannada: kn ಎಪ್ರಿಲ್
Kapampangan: pam Pángayápat a búlan, pam abril
Kazakh: kk сәуір
Khmer: km មេសា
Kikuyu: ki Mũthatũ
Korean: ko 사월(四月)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb نیسان
Northern Kurdish: kmr avrêl
Kyrgyz: ky апрель
Ladin: lld oril
Lao: lo ເດືອນເມສາ
Latin: la Aprīlis
Latvian: lv aprīlis m
Lezgi: lez нава
Limburgish: li April
Lithuanian: lt balandis m
Livonian: liv april
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl april
German Low German: nds-de April m, nds-de Aprilmaand m, nds-de Oostermaand m; nds-de Pröl m Low Prussian
Luxembourgish: lb Abrëll m, lb Fréileng m, lb Ouschtermount m
Macedonian: mk април m
Malay:
Jawi: ms اڤريل
Rumi: ms April
Malayalam: ml ഏപ്രിൽ
Maltese: mt April m
Manchu: mnc ᡩᡠᡳᠨ ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ
Manx: gv Averil m, gv Jerrey Arree m
Māori: mi Āperire
Marathi: mr एप्रिल
Mingrelian: xmf პირელი
Mirandese: mwl Abril m
Mòcheno: mhn oberel m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn дөрөвдүгээр сар
Nahuatl:
Classical Nahuatl: nci abrīl
Navajo: nv Tʼą́ą́chil
Neapolitan: nap abbrile
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb april m
Nynorsk: nn april m
Occitan: oc abril m
Odia: or ଅପ୍ରେଲ
Ojibwe: oj iskigamizige-giizis
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu брѣзьнъ m
Old English: ang ēastermōnaþ m
Oromo: om Caamsaa
Ossetian: os апрель
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk април m
Pashto: ps اپرېل m aprél
Pennsylvania German: pdc Abrill, pdc Aprill
Persian:
Dari: prs اَپْریل
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آوْریل
Plautdietsch: pdt Aprell m
Polish: pl kwiecień m-in
Portuguese: pt abril m
Punjabi: pa ਅਪਰੈਲ m, pa ਅਪ੍ਰੈਲ m
Rapa Nui: rap Vai Tu'u Nui
Romani: rom Abrílo m Kalderash
Romanian: ro aprilie m, popular ro prier
Romansh: rm avrel m
Russian: ru апре́ль m
Sami:
Inari Sami: smn cuáŋuimáánu
Kildin Sami: sjd кыдтма̄нн
Northern Sami: se cuoŋománnu
Skolt Sami: sms pââˊzzmään, sms njuhččmään
Ter Sami: sjt цувӈыс
Samoan: sm aperila
Sanskrit: sa आंग्लवर्षस्य चतुर्थमास
Sardinian: sc abriri, sc aprile, sc albile
Scots: sco Aprile
Scottish Gaelic: gd Giblean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh април m
Latin: sh april m, sh travanj m
Shona: sn Kubvumbi
Sicilian: scn aprili m
Sinhalese: si අප්රියෙල්
Slovak: sk apríl m
Slovene: sl apríl m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb apryl m, hsb jutrownik m archaic
Sotho: st Mmesa
Southern Altai: alt апрель
Spanish: es abril m
Sundanese: su April
Swahili: sw Aprili
Swedish: sv april c
Tagalog: tl Abril
Tahitian: ty ’ēperēra
Tajik: tg апрел
Tamil: ta ஏப்ரல்
Tatar: tt апрель
Telugu: te ఏప్రిల్
Tetum: tet abríl
Thai: th เมษายน
Tok Pisin: tpi epril
Tokelauan: tkl Apelila
Tongan: to ʻEpeleli
Turkish: tr nisan, tr açaray
Turkmen: tk aprel
Udmurt: udm оштолэзь
Ukrainian: uk кві́тень m
Urdu: ur اَپْرَیل m, ur اَپْریل m
Uyghur: ug ئاپرېل, ug ئاپريل, ug تۆتىنچى ئاي
Uzbek: uz aprel
Vai: vai ꔀꖛꗏ Epulɔ
Venetan: vec avril
Veps: vep sulaku
Vietnamese: vi tháng tư
Volapük: vo prilul
Võro: vro mahlakuu
Walloon: wa avri
Welsh: cy Ebrill m
Winnebago: win Hoo hirogįnįną wiira
Wolaytta: wal Gabbaa
Wolof: wo Awril
Yakut: sah Муус устар
Yiddish: yi אַפּריל m
Yup'ik: esu Tengmiirvik
Zazaki: zza abrıle, zza nisane, zza lisan c, zza lizan c
Zulu: zu i-ephuleli, zu uMbasa, zu uEphreli
Zuni: zun Łi'dekwakkya Łana
See also
References
Anagrams
en ailpr Paril prial pilar Plair
en Months
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-April.wav
Noun
Aprilmaande
en April
See also
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en April, from ceb enm apprile, re-Latinized from aueril, from ceb fro avrill, from ceb la Aprīlis of the month of the goddess Venus, perhaps based on ceb ett 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖, from ceb grc Ἀφροδίτη Venus.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female English
Anagrams
ceb Pilar
Ewe
Etymology
ee de April.
Proper noun
ee proper nouns
en April
ee Afɔfiɛ<q:native term>
See also
German
de:
Alternative forms
de Apr. abbreviation
Etymology
de :inh gmh:aberelle<id:April> fourth month +
Pronunciation
de /aˈpʁɪl/
de De-April.ogg
de De-April2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,-:s
de April Q118
de 1741 Annales Cistercienses, Das ist, Cisterciensische, Oder Vielmehr Jährliche Kirchen-Geschichte Von Erbauung Cisterz, wie dieser Heil. Marianischen Orden seinen Anfang und Aufnahm genommen, und was sich von Anno Christi Geburth 1098. des Heil. Cistercienser-Ordens im ersten bis 1212. des bemeldten Ordens im 115. Jahr Denckwürdiges begaben, In V. Theil abgetheilet. In Lateinischer Sprache beschrieben Von dem Hochwürdigsten Angelo Manrique von Burgen [...] von dem Hochwürdigen Bonifacio Hiltprand [...] Ins Teutsche übersetzt; Endlichen Ans Tag-Licht und in Druck gegeben Von dem Hochwürdigen Wilhelmo II. [...] Dritter Theil 156 [...] hingegen hat ihn [= den Tag des seeligen Abschieds des Heil. Fastradi] Henriquez in sein Menologium auf den 21. Tag des Aprils gesetzet; [...]
de 1818 Eichenlaub, auf Luthers Grab gestreut, im Jahre 1817, von Dr. Johann Adolph Jacobi. Dritte Ausgabe. vermehrt 84 Am Dritten des Aprils trat der Kurfürst mit einer Begleitung, die seiner Würde entsprach, die Reise nach Augsburg an.
1834, Das Volks-Schulwesen in den Preußischen Staaten. Eine Zusammenstellung der Verordnungen, welche den Elementar-Unterricht der Jugend betreffen, von Dr. Johann Ferdinand Neigebaur, page 206 (from a "Dienstvorschrift für die Schulvorstände"):
de 22) Bei Ueberreichung der Verzeichnisse der schulpflichtigen Kinder weiset der Vorstand den Lehrer an, mit dem Ersten Aprils und dem Ersten Octobers diejenigen aufzunehmen, welche dann das 8te Jahr vollendet haben.
Usage notes
Expressions like de erste der erste April (der 1. April) are normally used to refer to a certain day of April and not to a certain entire month of April during a period of more than one year (e.g. der April des zweiten Jahres).
Declension
m,-:s
Coordinate terms
Descendants
et aprill 1
he אַפְּרִיל apríl 1
hrx April 1
csb aprël 1 dated
sl apríl 1
zlw-slv april 1
Further reading
de
Hunsrik
Etymology
hrx :bor de:April<id:fourth month> fourth month +13 2
Pronunciation
Apríl,Apríll
Noun
m April
en April
See also
References
Indonesian
id:
Alternative forms
id Apr abbreviation
Etymology
From id nl april, from id dum april, from id la Aprilis Aprīlis. Cognate with af April, ms April.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
en April
Coordinate terms
Further reading
id Gregorian calendar months
Limburgish
Noun
li proper noun m
li april sp-DE Veldeke
Malay
Alternative forms
ms Apr abbreviation
Etymology
ms en April, from ms enm apprile, from enm aueril, from ms fro avrill, from ms la Aprīlis.
Pronunciation
ms [e.prəl] English-based
ms prəl əl 2
ms [a.pril] Baku
ms pril il 2
ms A pril
Proper noun
ms proper noun Jawi spelling اڤريل
en April fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
See also
Further reading
ms Gregorian calendar months
Maltese
Etymology
mt :bor scn:aprili + 1
Pronunciation
mt /apˈriːl/
mt LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-April.wav Gozo
mt iːl 2
Noun
noun m Aprilijiet
en April
mt w:Anton Buttigieg 1949-1952 1977 Qasba mar-Riħ Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejtali dejjem ta’ kull senatitwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,u kull April tinbena,
See also
North Frisian
Alternative forms
frr april Föhr-Amrum Mooring
Etymology
Ultimately from frr la Aprīlis.
Noun
frr noun m
frr Sylt en April
frr Gērsmuun
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:April + 1
Pronunciation
Ey.pril A.pril
Proper noun
eypril
tl female English
Anagrams
tl ailpr paril piral