Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - april
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April
april
written abbreviation Apr ~ n the fourth month of the year, between March and May (on April the sixth/the fifteenth etc) (BrE | on April sixth/fifteenth) (AmE) (I arrived on April seventh. | on the sixth/fifteenth etc of April) (My new job starts on the second of April. | in April) (This office opened in April 1994. | this/last/next April) (I'm going to Africa next April.)
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(Aprils) April is the fourth month of the year in the Western calendar. The changes will be introduced in April... They were married on 7 April 1927 at Paddington Register Office. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French avrill, from Latin ~is Date: before 12th century the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. the fourth month of the year. Phrases and idioms April Fool a person successfully tricked on 1 April. April Fool's (or Fools') Day 1 April. Etymology: ME f. L Aprilis ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. апрель in April —- в апреле April days —- апрельские дни April shower —- внезапный ливень April weather —- переменчивая погода 2. частая смена настроения Id: April fish —- первоапрельная шутка Id: the April showers bring forth May flowers —- в апреле дожди, в мае цветы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) апрель 2) attr. апрельский April weather - то дождь, то солнце; fig. то смех, то слезы April fish - первоапрельская шутка ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1297, aueril, later apprile (1377; re-spelled on L. model), from L. Aprilis, second month of the ancient Roman calendar, dedicated to the goddess Venus and perhaps based on Apru, an Etruscan borrowing of Gk. Aphrodite. Replaced O.E. Eastermonaр, which was similarly named for a fertility goddess. April Fool's Day customs seem to have come to Eng. from France c.1700; originally All Fool's Day (1712); April-gowk (from O.N. gaukr "a cuckoo") is a northern variant of April Fool. In Cumberland, Westmorland and northern parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, May 1 was the day for hoaxing, and the fool was a May gosling. That custom was first attested 1791. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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