february

Other forms of february

plural

februaries·

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 february

What does february mean?

february means "the month following January and preceding March".

How many syllables are in february?

february has 4 syllables: feb-ru-ar-y. The stress falls on "feb". In IPA it is /ˈfɛbjəˌwɛɹi/.

What is another word for february?

Close synonyms include Feb. 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 february a common word?

february 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.

What rhymes with february?

5 words rhyme with february. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.