April

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US /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/ UK /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
The fourth month of the year, after March and before May.

Her birthday is in early April.

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1 noun · the fourth month of the... fourth month

Word family

Forms aprils

Derived forms april-fishapril-gentlemanapril-gowkaprilesqueaprilianaprilishmid-april

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April showers bring May flowers

Etymology

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.

apprile Middle English avrill Old French Aprīlis Latin 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 ett Ἀφροδίτη Ancient Greek

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# April

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/
**Frequency rank:** 2342

## Meanings
1. The fourth month of the year, after March and before May.

## Examples
- Her birthday is in early April.

## Derived Forms
- april-fish
- april-gentleman
- april-gowk
- aprilesque
- aprilian
- aprilish
- mid-april

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: apprile
- Root: avrill
- Root: Aprīlis
- Root: 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖
- Root: Ἀφροδίτη

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
April comes 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.

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