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November

Source:NovemberLatin · “the ninth month (of the old Roman year)”certain

False friend across the border: listopad is November in Ukrainian, Polish and Czech, but October in Croatian, whose November is studeni.

English

November

Polish

listopad
lisˈtɔpat
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  • Russian
    ноя́брьnojabrʹ
    nɐˈjabrʲborrowed · Latin November, via Greek and Church Slavonic
  • Ukrainian
    листопа́дlystopad
    lɪstɔˈpaddifferent word · Slavic listopad 'leaf-fall' (list 'leaf' + padati 'to fall')
  • Polish
    listopad
    lisˈtɔpatdifferent word · Slavic listopad 'leaf-fall' (list 'leaf' + padati 'to fall')
  • Czech
    listopad
    ˈlɪstopatdifferent word · Slavic listopad 'leaf-fall' (list 'leaf' + padati 'to fall')
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    novembarновембар
    ˈnovembarborrowed · Latin November

    Standard-specific words: studeni (Croatian) — From studen 'cold'. Careful: Croatian listopad is October.

  • English
    November

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⚠ Watch out

  • Russian листопа́д “leaf fall (the season), not a month”Ukrainian листопа́д “November”Polish listopad “November”Czech listopad “November”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian listopad “October (Croatian standard; the Bosnian, Montenegrin and Serbian standards use oktobar)”

    Russian 'November' is ноя́брь; Croatian 'November' is studeni, and Bosnian, Montenegrin and Serbian say novembar. 'October' is Ukrainian жо́втень, Polish październik, Czech říjen.