May (month)
May
noun
/meɪ/
uncountable, countable
​the fifth month of the year, between April and June
She was born in May.
(British English) The meeting is on the fifth of May/May the fifth.
(North American English) The meeting is on May fifth.
We went to Japan last May.
I arrived at the end of May.
last May's election
Read about Paris markets in the May issue of the magazine.
An announcement was made in May of this year.
The auction takes place on May 30th.
The plant flowers in late May and early June.
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Word Origin
late Old English, from Old French mai, from Latin Maius (mensis) ‘(month) of the goddess Maia’.