# October

Pronunciation: US say "ok-TOH-bur" /ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/; UK say "ok-TOH-buh" /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/

## Noun

1. The year's tenth month, 31 days long, which follows September and precedes November.
   - Simple: The tenth month of the year, after September and before November. It has 31 days.
   - _The conference has been moved to the second week of October._
   - _She has spent the last three Octobers hiking in Vermont._

## Noun

2. A type of ale traditionally brewed in the month of October. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A strong ale that people used to brew in October and save for later.
   - _Country households brewed their own October and tapped it only after long storage._
   - _A jug of October was set out for the harvest workers at supper._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To give a child, in the early Soviet Union, a name tinged with revolutionary ideology rather than a religious christening.

## Origin

October comes through Middle English and Old French "octobre" from Latin "Octōber" ("eighth month"), built on "octō" ("eight") (from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw) plus an adjectival suffix. It was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/october (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).