April

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.

Proper noun

  1. The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.
    • Holonyms: calendar year; year
    • Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there - 1845, Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad:
    • 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...

    Synonyms: Eastermonth Fourth Month

    Related: Apr Apr. APR mul:4 January February March May June July August September October November December

  2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century.
    • 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. - 1947, Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll, page 27:
  3. A surname.

Origin

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English April From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter month”), see Eastermonth.

Forms

Aprils Apr Apr. APR Aprill

Derived

Aprilesque April-fish April fool April-gentleman April-gowk Aprilian Aprilish April Revolution April showers April showers bring May flowers April Theses April Uprising Bloody April days of April mid-April