month

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Une des douze parties de l’année portant un nom, comme janvier ou juin.

En anglais simple : One of the twelve named parts of a year, such as January or June.

• May is my favorite month.
• Which month is your birthday in?
• The winter months are cold here.

Expressions courantes : next month, last month, every month

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Période d’environ trente jours.

En anglais simple : A period lasting about thirty days.

• We stayed for a month.
• The work took three months.
• Can you finish it within a month?

Expressions courantes : for a month, a month ago, within a month

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Unité de temps correspondant à peu près à un tour de la Lune autour de la Terre.

En anglais simple : A unit of time roughly equal to one journey of the moon around the earth.

• A lunar month lasts about four weeks.
• The calendar follows the length of a lunar month.
• Astronomers distinguish different kinds of lunar months.

Expressions courantes : lunar month, sidereal month