October

october English 1 right 260 The Month of October by Pierre Antoine Patel, 1699.JPG The Month of October by Pierre-Antoine Patel (1699) William Clarke Rice - October (cover illustration for Harper's Magazine) - 1977.99.2 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg October illustration (1903)October is notable for the brilliant color transitions that foliage undergoes. It was the gayest company one ever could imagine, as they marched along.jpg Illustration featuring common Halloween symbolism, including witches, bats, and vegetables associated with harvest time (1920) Alternative forms en Oct Oct. OCT abbreviation en Octobre obsolete Etymology en :inh enm:<ety:bor<fro:octobre>> From en enm -, borrowed from en fro octobre, from en la Octōber eighth month, from en la octō eight, from en ine-pro *oḱtṓw twice four; + en la -ber, from la -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar. Pronunciation en /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/ RP en /ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/ GA en en-us-October.ogg US en əʊbə(ɹ) 3 en Oc to ber Proper noun s en Q124 The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. en Oct<id:Q124> Oct.<id:Q124> OCT<id:Q124> 8ber<id:Q124> mul:10<id:Q124> en Tenth Month Quakerism en calendar year<id:Q3186692> ; year<id:Q577> en January<id:Q108> February<id:Q109> March<id:Q110> April<id:Q118> May<id:Q119> June<id:Q120> July<id:Q121> August<id:Q122> September<id:Q123> November<id:Q125> December<id:Q126> en 2025-07-18 McLaughlin Timothy A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world w:Bloomberg Businessweek https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-18/as-us-and-china-feud-over-rare-earths-rebels-control-myanmar-s-mines By October it was advancing steadily toward Pangwa, encountering meager resistance. https://archive.ph/S6MKS 2025-07-18 en rare en female month names. en 2002 January Cincinnati Magazine 35 4 138 The other one [book] I just read is October Suite by Maxine Clair (Random House, $23.95). It's about a woman named October. She's a young black schoolteacher in the 1950s ... en 2009 C.S. Graham The Archangel Project 0061982040 31 From somewhere in the distance came the screaming whine of an emergency vehicle's siren. Lance flipped open his phone. “Get me the address of a woman named October Guinness . . . That's right, October,” he said again, [...] Derived terms en Goretober Inktober Kinktober Locktober Octoberish Octoberly Octobery Spooktober Striketober October 7 October 8th Jew humming October Octobral 6th of October mid-October October beer October-bird October effect Octoberfest Octoberist,Octobrist October Revolution October surprise October Theory October War Red October Rocktober Descendants bi oktoba pih Oktoeba tpi Oktoba bn অক্টোবর 1 my အောက်တိုဘာ 1 ny Okutobala 1 cho Aktoba 1 prs اکتوبر oktôbar 1 ha Oktoba 1 haw ʻOkakopa 1 1 hi अक्टूबर अक्तूबर ms Oktober 1 mi Oketopa 1 mh Oktoba 1 1 mkj oaksohpe 1 niu Okitopa 1 srr Oktoba 1 sgh اکتوبر oktobar 1 sw Oktoba 1 tkl Oketopa 1 to ʻOkatopa 1 tvl Okitopa 1 wls ʻOkitopa 1 xan Oktoobar 1 ta அக்டோபர் 1 Translations tenth month of the Gregorian calendar Abaza: abq октябрь Abkhaz: ab жьҭаара Afrikaans: af Oktober Alabama: akz hasiholtina ispókkòoli Albanian: sq tetor m Alutiiq: ems Kakegllum Iralua Amharic: am ኦክተውበር, am ኦክቶበር Apache: Western Apache: apw Gha̜a̜zhįʼ, apw Itsáh Bizhaazh Arabic: ar أَكْتُوبَر ʔaktobar m, ar تِشْرِين الْأَوَّل m Egyptian Arabic: arz أكتوبر m uktōbar Moroccan Arabic: ary شهر عشرة m South Levantine Arabic: ajp تشرين الأوّل m tišrīn il-ʔawwal Aragonese: an otubre m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ m tišrīn qāmaya Armenian: hy հոկտեմբեր Old Armenian: xcl հոկտեմբեր Aromanian: rup sãmedru Asturian: ast ochobre m Azerbaijani: az oktyabr Basque: eu urri Belarusian: be кастры́чнік m Bengali: bn অক্টোবর Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Oktubre Bislama: bi oktoba Breton: br Here, miz Here Bulgarian: bg окто́мври m Burmese: my အောက်တိုဘာ, my ဆယ်လ Buryat: bua арбадахи һара, bua арбадугаар һара Catalan: ca octubre m Chechen: ce Гӏадужу-бутт Cherokee: chr ᏚᏂᏅᏗ Chichewa: ny Okutobala Chinese: Cantonese: yue 十月 sap6 jyut6 Dungan: dng шийүә Hakka: hak 十月 sṳ̍p-ngie̍t Hokkien: nan-hbl 十月 cha̍p-go̍eh, cha̍p-ge̍h, cha̍p-gōe Mandarin: cmn 十月 shíyuè Choctaw: cho Aktoba Chukchi: ckt гытгайъэлгын gytgajʺėlgyn, ckt гытгайъэԓгын gytgajʺėḷgyn, Chuvash: cv юпа Circassian: West Circassian: ady чъэпыогъу Coptic: cop ⲟⲕⲧⲱⲃⲣⲓⲟⲥ Cornish: kw Hedra m Corsican: co uttrovi m, co ottobre m Cree: Atikamekw: atj Namekosi pisimw Montagnais: moe uashtessiu-pishimᵘ Crimean Tatar: crh oktâbr, crh ekim ayı, crh orta küz ayı Czech: cs říjen m Dakota: dak Wi iwikcemna Danish: da oktober c Dhivehi: dv އޮކްޓޫބަރު Dusun: Central Dusun: dtp Gumas Dutch: nl oktober m Old Dutch: odt windumamānoth Dzongkha: dz སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཅུ་གཉིས་པ། Emilian: egl utåbber m Erzya: myv ожоков Esperanto: eo oktobro, eo Oktobro Estonian: et oktoober Ewe: ee Kele, ee Ɔktober Faroese: fo oktober m, fo oktobur m Fijian: fj okotova Finnish: fi lokakuu French: fr octobre m Frisian: North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: frr oktuuber m Mooring: frr stormmoune m, frr uktoober m Saterland Frisian: stq Oktober West Frisian: fy oktober, fy wynmoanne Friulian: fur Otubar m Galician: gl outubro m Gallurese: sdn Santigaini m Georgian: ka ოქტომბერი German: de Oktober m, de Gilbhart m Old High German: goh Gilbhart m Middle High German: gmh octōber m Gilbertese: gil Okitobwa Greek: el Οκτώβριος m, el Οκτώβρης m Mariupol Greek: grk-mar ухто́врис m, grk-mar уктя́брс Greenlandic: kl oktobari Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug jasypa Haitian Creole: ht oktòb Hausa: ha Oktoba Hawaiian: haw ʻOkakopa Hebrew: he אוֹקְטוֹבֶּר m október Hindi: hi अक्टूबर m Hungarian: hu október Icelandic: is október m, is októbermánuður m Ido: io oktobro Indonesian: id oktober Interlingua: ia octobre Inuktitut: iu ᐅᒃᑐᐳᕆ Inupiaq: ik Nuliaġvik Irish: ga Deireadh Fómhair m Italian: it ottobre m Jamaican Creole: jam actoba, jam Aktuoba Japanese: ja 十月 じゅうがつ, jūgatsu, ja 神無月 かんなづき, kannazuki, かみなづき, kaminazuki, かむなづき, kamunazuki Javanese: jv Oktober Kabuverdianu: kea otubru Kalmyk: xal хулһн сар Kambera: xbr wulang hakambulu Kannada: kn ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ Kapampangan: pam Kayapúlûng búlan, pam Októbri Kashubian: csb rujan m Kazakh: kk қазан Khmer: km តុលា Kikuyu: ki Mwania Thenge Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv октябр Korean: ko 시월(十月), ko 10월 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb تشرینی یەکەم Northern Kurdish: kmr çiriya pêşîn Kyrgyz: ky октябрь Ladin: lld otober, lld utober Lakota: lkt Čhaŋwápe kasná wí Lao: lo ເດືອນຕຸລາ Latin: la Octōber Latvian: lv oktobris m Lezgi: lez баскӏум Limburgish: li oktober m Lithuanian: lt spalis m Livonian: liv oktōbõr, liv vīmkū Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl oktober m, nds-nl oktobermaand m German Low German: nds-de Oktober m Luganda: lg mukulukusa Luxembourgish: lb Oktober m, lb Wäimount m Macedonian: mk окто́мври m Malay: ms Oktober Malayalam: ml ഒക്ടോബർ Maltese: mt Ottubru m Manchu: mnc ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ Manx: gv Jerrey Fouyir Māori: mi Oketopa Marathi: mr ऑक्टोबर Mauritian Creole: mfe oktob Mingrelian: xmf გჷმათუთა Mirandese: mwl Outubre m Mòcheno: mhn schanmikeal m Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn аравдугаар сар Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: kix Ūvā Navajo: nv Ghąąjįʼ Neapolitan: nap ottómbre m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb oktober m Nynorsk: nn oktober m Occitan: oc octòbre Odia: or ଅକ୍ଟୋବର Ojibwe: oj binaakwe-giizis Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu листопадъ m, cu листогонъ m Old English: ang winterfylleþ f Oromo: om Onkoloolessa Ossetian: os октя́брь Pannonian Rusyn: rsk октобер m Pashto: ps اکټوبر m akṭóbár Pennsylvania German: pdc Oktower Persian: Dari: prs اَکْتوبَر Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُکْتُبْر Plautdietsch: pdt Oktooba m Polish: pl październik m-in Old Polish: zlw-opl paździerzeń m Portuguese: pt outubro m Punjabi: pa ਅਕਤੂਬਰ m Rapa Nui: rap Taŋaroa 'Uri Romanian: ro octombrie, pop ro brumărel Romansh: rm october m, rm otgover m Russian: ru октя́брь m Sami: Inari Sami: smn roovvâdmáánu Kildin Sami: sjd рэ̄гкэмма̄нн Skolt Sami: sms kålggmään Ter Sami: sjt чаккчма̄нна Samoan: sm oketopa Sardinian: sc santigaini, sc santugabinu, sc santugaine m, sc mese de ledamines m Scots: sco October Scottish Gaelic: gd Dàmhair f an Dàmhair Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh октобар m Latin: sh oktobar m, sh listopad m Croatia Shona: sn Gumiguru Sicilian: scn uttùviru m Sinhalese: si ඔක්තෝබර් Slovak: sk október m Slovene: sl október m Sotho: st Mphalane Southern Altai: alt октябрь Spanish: es octubre m Sundanese: su Oktober Swahili: sw Oktoba Swedish: sv oktober c Tagalog: tl Oktubre Tahitian: ty ’ātopa Tajik: tg октябр Tamil: ta அக்டோபர் Tatar: tt октябрь Tày: tyz bươn slíp Telugu: te అక్టోబరు Tetum: tet outubru Thai: th ตุลาคม Tok Pisin: tpi oktoba Tongan: to ʻOkatopa Turkish: tr ekim, tr teşrinievvel archaic Turkmen: tk oktýabr Udmurt: udm коньывуон Ukrainian: uk жо́втень m Urdu: ur اَکْٹُوبَر m, ur اَکْتُوبَر m Uyghur: ug ئۆكتەبىر, ug ئۆكتەبر, ug ئوكتەبىر, ug ئوكتەبر, ug ئونىنچى ئاي Uzbek: uz oktyabr Vai: vai ꖺꖴꕿꕒ Ɔkutóɓa Venetan: vec otobre Vietnamese: vi tháng mười Volapük: vo tobul Võro: vro rehekuu Walloon: wa octôbe m Welsh: cy Hydref Winnebago: win Caa mąą hinąǧo wiira Wolof: wo Oktoobar Yakut: sah Алтынньы Yiddish: yi אָקטאָבער m Yup'ik: esu Nulirun Zazaki: zza Tışrino Verên, zza cetan, zza oktobre, zza karnak Zulu: zu uMfumfu, zu uOkthoba Zuni: zun Kwa'hołs A:ya:kya, zun Łi'dekwakkya Łana Noun - en historical A type of ale traditionally brewed in October. from 18th c. 46 Sir, if I vvas vvorthy to adviſe you, I vvou'd have a Bottle of good October by me. Shall I ſet a Cup of old Stingo at your Elbovv? IV 114 [T]he gate of a large chateau, of a most noble and venerable appearance induced them to alight and view the apartments, contrary to their first intention of drinking a glass of his October at the door. en 1898 Stanley John Weyman III. Tutor and Pupils The Castle Inn Sir George, borne along in his chair, peered up at this well-known window--well-known, since in the Oxford of 1767 a man's rooms were furnished if he had tables and chairs, store of beef and October, an apple-pie and Common Room port—and seeing the casement brilliantly lighted, smiled a trifle contemptuously. Verb +ing thumb|Octobering in 1927 en Soviet Union en historical transitive In the early Soviet Union, to give (a child) a name tinged with Soviet revolutionary thought, as opposed to religious christening. 19 December 1923 w:Walter Duranty Kalinin ‘Octobers’ a Communist BabyPeasant President of Russian Federation Acts as ‘Godfather’ at Kremlin. Red Cradle in Ceremony; New Member Received into ‘Great Revolutionary Family’ With ‘Anti-Religious’ Music. https://www.nytimes.com/1923/12/19/archives/kalinin-octobers-a-communist-baby-peasant-president-of-russian.html 1 Related terms en Octobering#Noun<pos:noun> See also Anagrams en bceoort Octobre en Eight Months Latin Alternative forms la Octōbrius medieval Etymology la octō<id:eight> tenth month By analogy with la September, as if from la octō and a suffix la -ber. In the Roman calendar, the year began with la Mārtius March, and la Octōber was the eighth month of the year. Pronunciation Octōber Adjective Octōber<3+> 1 of en October 1st century CE — Lucius Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Re Rustica, Book XII la Cum eius radicem mense Octobri, quo[d] maxime matura est. la Pope Francis Est utique fiducia 2023 Datum Romae, Laterani, die XV mensis Octobris, in memoria sanctae Teresiae a Iesu, anno MMXXIII, Pontificatus Nostri undecimo Usage notes Declension Octōber<3+> Octōbrēs/Octōbrīs Octōbrēs/Octōbrīs 1 In medieval and New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as la Octōbre. Proper noun Octōber<3> m la tenth month en October Declension Octōbris<3.abl-i> Octōber Octōber In medieval and New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as la Octōbre. Descendants Gallo-Italic egl utåbber otòber utòber lij ottobre lmo utuber utùer pms octóber Italo-Dalmatian co uttrovi ottobre it ottobre nap ottómbre attrufe roa-tar ottommre scn uttùviru mt Ottubru 1 Gallo-Romance Old Francoprovençal: oitoiro, otoiro, oitembro frp octoiro fro oitovre uitovre oituevre pro ochoire oitor uidor roa-oca vuitubri uitubri ca vuitubre Eivissenc Rhaeto-Romance fur Otubar lld otober utober rm october 1 vec otobre West Iberian an otubre roa-ole ochobre othobre ast ochobre mwl Outubre ext outubri otubri roa-opt oytubro osp ochubre es outubre lad ochobre Borrowings 1 grc Ὀκτώβριος Ὀκτώμβριος 1 gmh octōber Romance an octubre semi-learned ca octubre lad oktubre semi-learned oc octobre fro octobre es octubre semi-learned sq tetor 1 cim achte maanont 1 Unsorted borrowings These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology. Africa Northern and Horn am ኦክተውበር kab tuber so Oktoobar Subsaharan ee Ɔktober mg Oktobra tum okutobala wo Oktoobar Americas kl oktobari iu ᐅᒃᑐᐳᕆ Asia and Oceania Central and Western Asia ar أكتوبر ʔuktōbir,ʔuktōbar he אוקטובר South Asia dv އޮކްޓޫބަރު kn ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ mr ऑक्टोबर or ଅକ୍ଟୋବର ps اکټوبر akṭóbár si ඔක්තෝබර් te అక్టోబరు Southeast Asia and Oceania ban Oktober bjn Uktubir fj okotova gil Okitobwa gor Oktober gu ઓક્ટોબર jv Oktober min Oktober sm oketopa su Oktober ty ’ātopa Europe hu október Baltic lv oktobris liv oktōbõr Germanic da oktober nl oktober nds-nl oktober fo oktober nds-de Oktober is október li óktoeaber frr oktuuber uktoober no - nb oktober stq Oktober sv oktober vls oktober fy oktober Slavic bg октомври dsb oktober mk октомври rue октобер sh oktobar / sh октобар sk október sl oktober hsb oktober See also Roman calendar References Further reading la Months Scots Etymology From sco la Octōber of the eighth month. Pronunciation sco [okˈtobər] Proper noun en October See also Previous: sco September. Next: sco November sco Months