February

English Alternative forms en Feb Feb. FEB abbreviation en Februarius Roman month Etymology thumb|A 17th-century depiction of February in the Netherlands en :inh enm:Februarie<ety:der<la:Februārius>> 1 From en enm Februarie, enm februari, enm februare, from en la Februārius the month of the Februa, from la Februa the Purgings, the Purifications, a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + la -arius -ary: forming adjectives. la Februa from la februum purging, from an earlier en sbv word, possibly from en ine-pro *dʰewh₂- smoke, haze and thus cognate with en thio- sulfurous and en grc θεῖον sulfur or from en ine-pro *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root ine-pro *dʰegʷʰ- to burn and thus cognate with en fever and la febris. A relatinization abandoning en enm feoverel, from en fro feverier, which itself displaced ang solmōnaþ mud month. en ine-pro *dʰegʷʰ- Pronunciation thumb|Paper lanterns arranged into a heart shape on a snow-dusted street in Hokkaido (mid-February 2025) thumb|An illustration of Valentine's Day roses en Audio examples of pronunciation variations, particularly the first r as /j/ as explained in the note below en /ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/ /ˈfɛb.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/ /ˈfɛb.ɹə.ɹi/ /ˈfɛb.ɹi/ UK en en-uk-february.ogg UK en /ˈfɛb.ɹuˌɛɹi/ /ˈfɛb.juˌɛ(ə)ɹi/ US; fĕbʹro͞o-ĕr'-ē fĕbʹyo͞o-ĕr'-ē en LL-Q1860_(eng)-Commonsense1776-February.wav GA en en-us-February.ogg GA en /feb.juː.eː.ɹiː/ /feb.jə.ɹiː/ AU en Feb ru ary The pronunciation of the first r as /j/ has come about by dissimilation and analogy with en January. In the UK pronunciation /ˈfɛb.ɹi/ (en *Febry) the sequence /ɹə.ɹi/ in /ˈfɛb.ɹə.ɹi/ (en *Febrery) is simplified to /ɹi/ by haplology. en ɛbɹi 2 Proper noun ies s en Q109The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days. en Feb<id:Q109> Feb.<id:Q109> FEB<id:Q109> mul:2<id:Q109> en Second Month Quakerism en calendar year<id:Q3186692> ; year<id:Q577> en Susan was born on February 29. en January<id:Q108> 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> 2011, Robert A. Kaster trans. Macrobius, Saturnalia, Book I, Chapter xiii, Sections 3–5: ...The second he [sc. King Numa] dedicated to the god Februus, who is believed to control rites of purification: the community had to be purified in that month, when he determined that the Good Gods be paid the offerings due them... Numa soon added one day to January, paying honor to the mystery of the odd number that nature revealed even before Pythagoras: as a result, both the year as a whole and the individual months (save February) had an odd number of days. (If all twelve months had either an odd or even number of days, their total would be an even number...) 2011, Robert A. Kaster trans. Macrobius, Saturnalia, Book I, Chapter xiii, Sections 14–15: February was set aside for the intercalation because it was the last month of the year... They departed from the Greeks in one respect, however: whereas the latter intercalated when the final month was over, the Romans intercalated after the twenty-third day of February, at the conclusion of the Terminalia. They then added on the last five days of February after the intercalary period, acting on the religious scruple of ancient custom, I think, so that March would follow on February no matter what. 2011, Robert A. Kaster trans. Macrobius, Saturnalia, Book I, Chapter xiv, Sections 6–7: Julius Caesar, then, added ten days to the old practice, so that the 365 days in which the sun circles the zodiac would make a year; and to account for the one-quarter day, he ordained that the priests who attended to the months and days would insert one day every fourth year, in the same month and place where the ancients used to intercalate a month, that is, before the last five days of February, and he decreed that it be called the 'twice sixth'... he added no days to February, so that the religious observances offered to the gods of the dead would not be changed... en Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/business/china-starbucks-braised-pork-latte-intl-hnk 2024-02-20 “Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the roastery wrote on Weibo on February 5, days before the Lunar New Year began. https://web.archive.org/web/20260314002933/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/business/china-starbucks-braised-pork-latte-intl-hnk 14 March 2026 en rare en female month names < English. en 2011 Kristen Ashley For You “Cheryl, the man in this photo is a Mr. Dennis Lowe. He worked for a computer software company and he was married. He was impersonating a police officer, a real one by the name of Alexander Colton. He was doing this because he's obsessed with a woman named February—” Nowakowski stopped talking because Cheryl Sheckle's body jerked violently and she let out a muted cry. “Fuck, he called her February,” Sully muttered. “No,” Cheryl whispered. [...] “He said it was a nickname.” Warren shook his head then, “It isn't a nickname, Cheryl. It's a real person, her name is February Owens and he's been obsessed with her since they went to high school together.” en Derived terms en February daphne February fill dyke February fill-dike February Patent February Red February Revolution February strike February Uprising mid-February Neveruary Nevuary Related terms en februate en februation Descendants bi februari jam Febiweri pih Febyuweri tpi februeri 1 akz Febwiiri 1 bn ফেব্রুয়ারি 1 my ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ 1 cho Fibuali 1 hif february 1 fj Veveruei 1 gil Beberuare 1 gu ફેબ્રુઆરી 1 ha Fabrairu 1 haw Pepeluali 1 hi फ़रवरी 1 ig Febụwarị̀ Febụarị̀ 1 iu ᕕᐳᐊᕆ 1 kn ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ 1 ms Februari 1 ml ഫെബ്രുവരി 1 mi Pēpuere 1 mr फेब्रुवारी 1 mh Pāpode 1 mkj pepuere 1 or ଫେବୃଆରୀ fa 1 fa-cls فَبْرَوِی India prs فِبْرُوَرِی 1 sm Fepuari 1 si පෙබරවාරි 1 sw Februari 1 ty fepuare 1 ta பெப்ரவரி 1 te ఫిబ్రవరి 1 tkl Fepuali 1 to Fēpueli 1 ur فروری 1 xh Februwari 1 yo Fẹ́búárì 1 zu iFebruwari Translations second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars Abaza: abq мазахӏван Abkhaz: ab жәабран Afrikaans: af Februarie Akan: ak Ɔgyefoɔ Alabama: akz hasiholtina istatókla, akz Febwiiri Albanian: sq shkurt m, sq fror Alutiiq: ems Nanicqaaq Iraluq Amharic: am ፌብሩወሪ Apache: Western Apache: apw Múhshchii', apw Búhshchii', apw Múh Ńjēēd, apw Búh Ńjēēd Arabic: ar فِبْرَايِر m, ar شُبَاط m Moroccan Arabic: ary شهر جوج šhar jūj, ary فبراير fibrāyir Aragonese: an febrero Aramaic: arc ܫܒܛ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܸܫܒ݂ܲܛ išwat m, aii ܫܒ݂ܵܛ Armenian: hy փետրվար Old Armenian: xcl փեբրուարիոս Aromanian: rup flivar m, rup Flivar m, rup flivrar m, rup Flivrar m, rup Flivraru, rup shcurtu, rup Shcurtu Asturian: ast febreru m Aymara: ay anata phaxsi Azerbaijani: az fevral Bashkir: ba февраль Basque: eu otsail Belarusian: be лю́ты m Bengali: bn ফেব্রুয়ারি Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Pebrero Bislama: bi februari Breton: br c'hwevrer br miz c'hwevrer Bulgarian: bg февруа́ри m Burmese: my ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ, my နှစ်လ Catalan: ca febrer m Cebuano: ceb Pebrero Chechen: ce Чиллан-бутт Cherokee: chr ᎧᎦᎵ Chichewa: ny Febuluwale Chickasaw: cic Hashi' Atoklo' Chinese: Cantonese: yue 二月 Dungan: dng эрйүә Hakka: hak 二月 ngi-ngie̍t Hokkien: nan-hbl 二月 jī-go̍eh, jī-ge̍h, jī-gōe, lī-go̍eh, lī-ge̍h, lī-gōe Mandarin: cmn 二月 Choctaw: cho Fibuali Chukchi: ckt чьачанльоргын čʹačanlʹorgyn, ckt ынпыԓювԓен ynpyḷjuvḷen Chuvash: cv нарӑс Circassian: West Circassian: ady мэзай Coptic: cop ⲫⲉⲃⲣⲟⲩⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ Cornish: kw mis Whevrer, kw Hwevrel m Corsican: co ferraghju Cree: Atikamekw: atj Akokatcic pisimw Montagnais: moe epishiminishkueu Crimean Tatar: crh fevral, crh kiçik ay Czech: cs únor m Dakota: dak Wicatawi Dalmatian: dlm februar Danish: da februar c, da blidemåned c archaic Dhivehi: dv ފެބްރުއަރީ Dusun: Central Dusun: dtp Mansak Dutch: nl februari m Old Dutch: odt hornungmānoth Dzongkha: dz སྤྱི་ཟླ་གཉིས་པ། Emilian: egl febrèr m Erzya: myv даволков Esperanto: eo februaro, eo Februaro Estonian: et veebruar Ewe: ee Dzodze, ee Februar Extremaduran: ext hebreru Faroese: fo februar Fijian: fj Veverueri Fiji Hindi: hif february Finnish: fi helmikuu Franco-Provençal: frp fevriér French: fr février m Frisian: North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: frr febrewoore m Mooring: frr biikenmoune m, frr februar m Saterland Frisian: stq Februoar West Frisian: fy febrewaris c, fy sellemoanne c Friulian: fur Fevrâr Galician: gl febreiro m Georgian: ka თებერვალი German: de Februar m, obsolete, poetic de Hornung m Alemannic German: gsw februar, gsw Horning, gsw Hornung, gsw Horner Austrian German: de Feber, de Hornung m Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Febrowaa Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Februar, gmw-rfr Fasenachtsmonat, gmw-rfr Hornung, gmw-rfr Feber, gmw-rfr Gehornigel, gmw-rfr Hornigel, gmw-rfr Spurkel, gmw-rfr Spürkel Swabian: swg Feber Gilbertese: gil Beberuare Greek: el Φεβρουάριος m Greenlandic: kl februaari, kl aarlaat Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug jasykõi Guianese Creole: gcr févryé Gujarati: gu ફેબ્રુઆરી Haitian Creole: ht fevriye Hausa: ha Fabrairu Hawaiian: haw Pepeluali Hebrew: he פֶבְּרוּאָר m fébruar Hindi: hi फ़रवरी f farvarī Hungarian: hu február Hunsrik: hrx Februa m Icelandic: is febrúar m, is febrúarmánuður m Ido: io februaro Igbo: ig Febụwarị̀, ig Febụarị̀ Ilocano: ilo febrero Indonesian: id Februari Ingrian: izh fevrali, izh kyynelkuu obsolete Interlingua: ia februario Inuktitut: iu ᕕᐳᐊᕆ Inupiaq: ik Siqiññaatchiaq Irish: ga Feabhra f Italian: it febbraio m Jamaican Creole: jam Febiweri Japanese: ja 二月 にがつ, nigatsu, ja 如月 きさらぎ, kisaragi Javanese: jv Fèbruari Jeju: jje 이월 Kabuverdianu: Badiu: revised kea febereru m São Vicente: kea fevrer' Kabyle: kab furar Kalmyk: xal лу сар Kambera: xbr wulang dàmbu Kannada: kn ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ Kapampangan: pam pángakaduang búlan, pam pebreru Kashubian: csb gromicznik Kazakh: kk ақпан Khmer: km កុម្ភៈ Kikuyu: ki Mũgetho Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv февраль, kpv урасьӧм Korean: ko 이월(二月), ko 2월 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb شوبات, ckb فێورییە Northern Kurdish: kmr reşemî, kmr sibat f Kyrgyz: ky февраль Ladin: lld fauré, lld firé Ladino: lad fevrero Lakota: lkt Čhaŋnápȟopa wí, lkt Thiyóȟeyuŋka wí Lao: lo ກຸມພາ Latin: la Februārius Latvian: lv februāris m Lezgi: lez эхем Ligurian: lij frevâ Limburgish: li Fibberwarie Lingala: ln sánzá ya míbalé Lithuanian: lt vasaris m Livonian: liv februar, liv kīņḑõļkū Lombard: lmo febrar Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl febrewaori German Low German: nds-de Februar m; nds-de Horning f, nds-de Hornung f, nds-de Heering, nds-de Höring; nds-de Kleenhorn m in the Baltic dialects, nds-de Iesmoand m Münsterland, nds-de Lammermoand m Münsterland Luxembourgish: lb Febuar m, lb Februar m, lb Spierkel m Macedonian: mk февруа́ри m Malagasy: mg febroary Malay: Jawi: ms فيبرواري Rumi: ms Februari Malayalam: ml ഫെബ്രുവരി Maltese: mt Frar m Manchu: mnc ᠵᡠᠸᡝ ᠪᡳᠶ᠋ᠠ Manx: gv Toshiaght Arree Māori: mi Hui-tanguru, mi Pēpuere Mapudungun: arn Fewreru Marathi: mr फेब्रुवारी Mingrelian: xmf ფურთუთა Mirandese: mwl Febreiro m Mòcheno: mhn hourneng m Moksha: mdf февральков Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn хоёрдугаар сар Nahuatl: nah tlaōnti Navajo: nv Atsá Biyáázh Neapolitan: nap frevaro Norman: nrf févri Norwegian: Bokmål: nb februar m Nynorsk: nn februar m Occitan: oc febrièr m Odia: or ଫେବୃଆରୀ Ojibwe: oj namebini-giizis Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu сѣчьнъ m Old English: ang solmonaþ m Oromo: om Guraandhala Ossetian: os февраль Pannonian Rusyn: rsk фебруар m Pashto: ps فبروري f februwarí, ps فروري f farwarí Pennsylvania German: pdc Febrewaar, pdc Hanning, pdc Harning Persian: Dari: prs فِبْرُوَرِی, prs فَرْوَرِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira فِوْرِیِه Piedmontese: pms fërvé Plautdietsch: pdt Feebawoa n Polish: pl luty m-in Portuguese: pt fevereiro m Punjabi: pa ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ m Quechua: qu hatun puquy killa Rapa Nui: rap Hetu'u Pū Romagnol: rgn fabrêr m Romanian: ro februarie m, popular ro făurar Romansh: rm favrer m, rm fevrer m Russian: ru февра́ль m Sami: Inari Sami: smn kuovâmáánu Kildin Sami: sjd по̄рркма̄нн Lule Sami: smj guovvamánno Northern Sami: se guovvamánnu Skolt Sami: sms täʹlvvmään Southern Sami: sma goevte, sma gierhken garres Samoan: sm fepuari Samogitian: sgs vasaris Sardinian: sc freàrgiu, sc fiàrzu, sc freàrzu Scots: sco Februar Scottish Gaelic: gd Gearran Sekani: sek Dahyusè’ nùkehde wìlę Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh фебруар m, sh вељача f Latin: sh februar m, sh veljača f Shona: sn Kukadzi Sicilian: scn frivaru m Silesian: szl luty Sinhalese: si පෙබරවාරි Slovak: sk február m Slovene: sl fébruar m Somali: so febraayo Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb swěckowny Upper Sorbian: hsb februar m, hsb mały róžk m archaic Sotho: st Hlakola Southern Altai: alt февраль Spanish: es febrero m, es hebrero m Sundanese: su Pébruari Swahili: sw Februari Swazi: ss iNdlóvana Swedish: sv februari c Tagalog: tl Pebrero Tahitian: ty fepuare Tajik: tg феврал Tamil: ta பெப்ரவரி, ta பிப்ரவரி Tatar: tt февраль Tày: tyz bươn nhi̱ Telugu: te ఫిబ్రవరి Tetum: tet fevereiru Thai: th กุมภาพันธ์ Tok Pisin: tpi februeri Tokelauan: tkl Fepuali Tongan: to Fēpueli Turkish: tr şubat, tr gücük, tr küçük ay Turkmen: tk fewral Udmurt: udm тулыспал Ukrainian: uk лю́тий m Urdu: ur فَرْوَری f Uyghur: ug فېۋرال, ug ئىككىنچى ئاي Uzbek: uz fevral Vai: vai ꗱꖝꖿꔒ Fɛ́ɓúwɔle Venetan: vec febraro Vietnamese: vi tháng hai Volapük: vo febul Võro: vro radokuu Walloon: wa fevrî Waray-Waray: war pebrero Welsh: cy Chwefror West Flemish: vls februoari Winnebago: win Hųųc wiihiraagnįra Wolof: wo Fewriyee Xhosa: xh Februwari Yakut: sah Олунньу Yiddish: yi פֿעברואַר m Yoruba: yo oṣù Èrèlé, yo oṣù kejì ọdún, yo oṣù Fẹ́búárì Yup'ik: esu Kep'nerciq Zazaki: zza şıbate, zza gucige Zulu: zu uFebruwari, zu uNhlolanja Zuni: zun Onan U'la'k'yakwamme See also References en Months en haplological words