jan

Other forms of jan

plural

jans·

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 jan

What does jan mean?

jan means "the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice".

How many syllables are in jan?

jan has 1 syllable: jan. In IPA it is /ˈdʒæn/.

What is another word for jan?

Close synonyms include January. 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 jan a common word?

jan 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.