calendar month

noun

The period of duration from the first date of one month to the last date of the same month, which can thus vary from 28 to 31 days in length.

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Meanings

nouncalendar month (plural calendar months)

plural calendar months

  1. The period of duration from the first date of one month to the last date of the same month, which can thus vary from 28 to 31 days in length.
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    In Calcutta, season tickets are issued only for the calendar month, with a different colour for each month, so that this problem does not arise. The merest whisper of an idea to change Bombay to the Calcutta system brought such a howl of protest in the Press, that it was never seriously contemplated.

    1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 779

Synonyms & antonyms

nounone of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 曆月 /历月
  • 曆月 /历月 (lìyuè)period of duration
Finnish kalenterikuukausi
  • kalenterikuukausiperiod of duration
French mois calendaire
  • mois calendaireperiod of duration
German Kalendermonat
  • Kalendermonatperiod of duration
Hungarian naptári hónap
  • naptári hónapperiod of duration
Romanian lună calendaristică
  • lună calendaristicăperiod of duration
Russian календа́рный ме́сяц
  • календа́рный ме́сяц (kalendárnyj mésjac)period of duration
Spanish mes natural
  • mes naturalperiod of duration
Swedish kalendermånad
  • kalendermånadperiod of duration
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APA

calendar month. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calendar%20month

MLA

“calendar month.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calendar%20month. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calendar month,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calendar%20month.

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