# june

Pronunciation: say "JOON" US /dʒun/, UK /dʒuːn/

## Proper noun · June

1. The sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between May and July, and the month of the northern solstice.
   - Simple: The sixth month of the year, after May and before July.
   - _The couple set their wedding for the second Saturday in June._
   - _Profits fell in the April to June quarter, the company reported._

## Verb

2. To rush, moving or acting in a hurry. *(dated, Southern US)*
   - Simple: To move or do something very fast because you are in a hurry.

## Origin

From Middle English June, a re-Latinized form of earlier Juyn, from Old French juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Juno. Juno's name is perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from *h₂óyu ("vital force, youthful vigor").

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