April is the fourth month of the year, famous for rain showers and one day of jokes. In April, early April, the April deadline.
It is always capitalised and has thirty days. April Fools' Day is the first, and in Britain the tradition is that jokes must stop at noon. April showers is the proverbial weather, and the British tax year begins on the sixth of April, which is an accident of the calendar reform of 1752. Note that April is one of the more popular months for a first name, unlike almost any other.
1nounaprilThe fourth month of the year.
“The whole garden changes in about three weeks of April.”
april is a month.
Middle English
Aprill
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April
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april
April comes from Middle English Aprill. 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 ett 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖, from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (“Venus”). Displaced native ēastermōnaþ, see Eastermonth.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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