janeiro

janeiro m

1. Alternative form of janeyro

• Janeiro (superseded)
• Janeyro (obsolete), janeyro (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese janeiro, janeyro, from Vulgar Latin *jan(u)airu, *jenuarius, from Latin iānuārius, from the name of the god Iānus (“Janus”). Compare Spanish enero.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.ˈnɐj.ɾu/, /ʒɐ.ˈnej.ɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.ˈne(j).ɾu/
• Hyphenation: ja‧nei‧ro

janeiro m (plural janeiros)

1. January

In Brazilian Portuguese, the names of months were usually not capitalized. But in Portugal they were. The Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 abolished their capitalization.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:janeiro.

• Kabuverdianu: janeru
• → Tetum: janeiru

• (Gregorian calendar months) mês do calendário gregoriano; janeiro, fevereiro, março, abril, maio, junho, julho, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, dezembro ^{(Category: pt:Months)}