Meanings
plural Septembers · alternative abbreviation Sep · alternative abbreviation Sept · alternative abbreviation Sep. · alternative abbreviation Sept. · alternative abbreviation SEP · alternative obsolete Septembre
- The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
Holonyms: calendar year; year
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Late September is a beautiful time of year.
This was one of the warmest Septembers on record.
Why can't I remember? / The day I melted before your charms? / Oh was it way back in September / When you held me in your arms?
1971, Rotary Connection, “Love Has Fallen on Me”, in Hey, LoveDo you remember / The 21st night of September? / Love was changin' the minds of pretenders / While chasin' the clouds away
1978, Earth, Wind & Fire, “September”, in The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1That day in September, I'm sure you can remember / That's when all the stuff hit the fan (the stuff hit the fan) / You told me a lie, and you didn't have an alibi / But baby, yet I still cared
1984, Jocelyn Brown, “Somebody Else's Guy”, in Somebody Else's GuySynonyms: Ninth Month
- rareA male or female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
For quotations using this term, see Citations:September.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
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Origin
- LatinSeptember“seventh month”
- Old Frenchseptembre
- EnglishSeptember
PIE word *septḿ̥ Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin September (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”), which see; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans September
- Septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Arabic سِبْتِمْبِر, سِبْتَمْبِر
- سِبْتِمْبِر (sibtimbir)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- سِبْتَمْبِر (sibtambir)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- سَبْتَمْبَر (sabtambar)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- أَيْلُول (ʔaylūl)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Basque irail
- irailninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Bengali সেপ্টেম্বর
- সেপ্টেম্বর (śepṭembor)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Bulgarian септе́мври
- септе́мври (septémvri)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Catalan setembre
- setembreninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Chinese Cantonese 九月
- 九月 (gau² jyut⁶)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Chinese Mandarin 九月
- 九月 (jiǔyuè)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Czech září
- záříninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Danish september
- septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Dutch september
- septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Esperanto septembro, Septembro
- septembroninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- Septembroninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Estonian september, mihklikuu
- septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- mihklikuuninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Finnish syyskuu
- syyskuuninth month of the Gregorian calendar
French septembre
- septembreninth month of the Gregorian calendar
German September, Scheiding
- Septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- Scheidingninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Greek Σεπτέμβριος, Σεπτέμβρης
- Σεπτέμβριος (Septémvrios)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- Σεπτέμβρης (Septémvris)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- Τρυγητής (Trygitís)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Hawaiian Kepakemapa
- Kepakemapaninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Hebrew סֶפְּטֶמְבֶּר
- סֶפְּטֶמְבֶּר (septémber)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Hindi सितम्बर
- सितम्बर (sitambar)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Hungarian szeptember
- szeptemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Icelandic september, septembermánuður
- septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- septembermánuðurninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Indonesian September
- Septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Irish Meán Fómhair
- Meán Fómhairninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Italian settembre
- settembreninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Japanese 九月, 長月
- 九月 (kugatsu)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- 長月 (nagatsuki)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Korean 구월
- 구월 (guwol)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Latin September
- Septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Latvian septembris
- septembrisninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Lithuanian rugsėjis, rugsėjo
- rugsėjisninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- rugsėjoninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Māori Hepetema
- Hepetemaninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Norwegian Bokmål september
- septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Polish wrzesień
- wrzesieńninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Portuguese setembro
- setembroninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Punjabi ਸਤੰਬਰ
- ਸਤੰਬਰ (satambar)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Romanian septembrie, răpciune
- septembrieninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- răpciuneninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- vinicerninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Russian сентя́брь
- сентя́брь (sentjábrʹ)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Slovak september
- septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Spanish septiembre, setiembre
- septiembreninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- setiembreninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Swahili Septemba
- Septembaninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Swedish september
- septemberninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Tagalog Setyembre
- Setyembreninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Thai กันยายน
- กันยายน (gan-yaa-yon)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Turkish eylül, öğrüm
- eylülninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- öğrümninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- verim ayıninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Ukrainian ве́ресень
- ве́ресень (véresenʹ)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Urdu سِتَمْبَر
- سِتَمْبَر (sitambar)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Vietnamese tháng chín
- tháng chínninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Welsh Medi
- Medininth month of the Gregorian calendar
Yiddish סעפּטעמבער
- סעפּטעמבער (september)ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Zulu uMandulo, uSepthemba
- uManduloninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- uSepthembaninth month of the Gregorian calendar
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with September
All rhymes →Cite this entry
September. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/September
“September.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/September. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “September,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/September.
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