april

1. 1.

   the month following March and preceding May

   SynonymsApr

   BroaderGregorian calendar month

   Part ofGregorian calendar

   PartsApril Fools'Pan American DayPatriot's Daymid-April

Other forms of april

plural

aprils·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about april

What does april mean?

april means "the month following March and preceding May".

How many syllables are in april?

april has 2 syllables: a-pril. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪpɹəl/.

What is another word for april?

Close synonyms include Apr. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is april a common word?

april is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.