June

The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.

Proper noun

  1. The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
    • Holonyms: calendar year; year
    • this glad June day
    • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal...

    Synonyms: Sixth Month

    Related: Jun Jun. JUN mul:6 January February March April May July August September October November December

  2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
    • Her parents were old, really old. That's why they'd given her such an old-fashioned name. June, because she was born in June. If she'd been born in November would they have called her November? June was a name for women...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.? Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iūnō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Iūnius Latin iūnius Old French juinbor. Middle English Juyn Middle English June English June From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).

Forms

Junes Jun Jun. JUN

Derived

bird of June June-apple June beetle juneberry Juneberry June Bootids June bug June cold June Days June Days Uprising June drop June gloom June grass June List June Movement June sucker Juneteenth June War June Week Junie mid-June

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A male given name, or more often nickname, for a boy who is junior to someone else, especially someone with the same name, such as his father.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.

Origin

Short for junior.