january
n. C / Un. the first month of the year. It has 31 days and comes right after December.
n. the first month of the Gregorian calendar, consisting of 31 days. Typically used to denote the beginning of the solar year.
It is usually very cold in January.
Many people start new exercise routines in January to improve their health for the coming year.
The fiscal year for many international corporations begins in January, necessitating a rigorous audit of the previous twelve months' performance.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der. Latin iānus Latin Iānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -arius Latin Iānuāriusder. Anglo-Norman geneverbor. Middle English Janevere Middle English Januarie English January From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.
When used as a proper noun, it is always capitalised. It is uncountable when referring to the month in general, but countable when referring to a specific instance of that month across different years.
in the Januaryin JanuaryMonths do not take the definite article 'the' unless they are followed by a specific year or a defining relative clause.