How to say

December

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Amharic አማርኛ am

ታህሳስ

Tah-SAHS

This is the Amharic word for December.

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Arabic العربية ar

ديسمبر

Dee-SAM-bir

This is the Arabic word for December.

Bangla বাংলা bn

ডিসেম্বর

Dee-SEM-bur

This is the Bengali word for December.

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Catalan català ca

Desembre

Deh-ZEM-breh

This is the Catalan word for December.

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Czech čeština cs

Prosinec

PRO-see-nets

This is the Czech word for December.

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Danish dansk da

December

Deh-SEM-ber

This is the Danish word for December.

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German Deutsch de

Dezember

Deh-TSEM-ber

This is the German word for December.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Δεκέμβριος

The-KEM-vree-os

Use this word to refer to the month of December in Greek.

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Spanish Español es

Diciembre

Dee-THEM-breh

Use this word when referring to the twelfth month of the year.

Estonian eesti et

Detsember

Det-SEM-ber

This is the Estonian word for December.

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Basque Basque eu

Abendu

Ah-BEN-doo

This is the Basque word for December.

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Persian فارسی fa

دسامبر

Deh-SAHM-ber

This is the Persian word for December.

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Finnish suomi fi

Joulukuu

Yo-oo-loo-koo

This is the Finnish word for December, literally meaning 'Christmas month'.

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French Français fr

Décembre

Day-SOM-bruh

This word is used to refer to the month of December in French.

Galician Galician gl

Decembro

Deh-THEM-broh

This is the Galician word for December.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

ડિસેમ્બર

Dee-SEM-bur

This is the Gujarati word for December.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Disamba

Dee-SAM-bah

This is the Hausa word for December.

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Hebrew עברית he

דֵּצֶמְבֶּר

Deh-TSEM-ber

This is the Hebrew word for December.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

दिसंबर

Dee-SUM-bur

This is the Hindi word for December.

Hungarian magyar hu

December

Deh-tsem-ber

This is the Hungarian word for December.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Desember

Deh-SEM-ber

This is the Indonesian word for December.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Desember

Des-EM-ber

This is the Icelandic word for December.

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Italian Italiano it

Dicembre

Dee-CHEM-breh

Use this word to refer to the month of December in Italian.

Japanese 日本語 ja

十二月

Jew-nee-gah-tsu

This is the Japanese word for December.

Korean 한국어 ko

12월

Sheeb-ee-wol

This is the Korean word for December.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Gruodis

Groo-OH-dees

This is the Lithuanian word for December.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Decembris

Deh-tsem-bris

This is the Latvian word for December.

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Marathi मराठी mr

डिसेंबर

Dee-SEM-bur

This is the Marathi word for December.

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Malay Melayu ms

Disember

Dee-SEM-ber

This is the Malay word for December.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

December

Deh-SEM-burr

This is the Dutch word for December.

Norwegian norsk no

Desember

Deh-SEM-ber

This is the Norwegian word for December.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਦਸੰਬਰ

Dee-SUM-bur

This is the Punjabi word for December.

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Polish polski pl

Grudzień

Groo-DZEN

This is the Polish word for December.

Portuguese Português pt

Dezembro

Deh-ZEM-broo

This is the Portuguese word for December.

Romanian română ro

Decembrie

Deh-CHEM-bree-eh

Use this word when referring to the month of December in Romanian.

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Russian русский ru

Декабрь

Dee-KAH-bry

Use this word when referring to the month of December in Russian.

Swedish svenska sv

December

Deh-SEM-ber

This is the Swedish word for December.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Desemba

Deh-SEM-bah

This is the Swahili word for December.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

டிசம்பர்

Dee-SUM-bur

This is the Tamil word for December.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

డిసెంబర్

Dee-SEM-bur

This is the Telugu word for December.

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Thai ไทย th

ธันวาคม

Tun-waa-kom

This is the Thai word for December.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Disyembre

Dee-SYEM-breh

This is the Filipino/Tagalog word for December.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Aralık

Ah-rah-LUHK

This is the Turkish word for December.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Грудень

HROO-den

Use this word when referring to the month of December in Ukrainian.

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Urdu اردو ur

دسمبر

Dee-SUM-bur

This is the Urdu word for December.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Tháng Mười Hai

Thang Mười Zai

This is the Vietnamese word for December.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Oṣù Kejìlá

O-SHOO Ke-jee-LAH

This is the Yoruba word for December.

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Chinese 中文 zh

十二月

Shrh-ur Yweh

This is the Mandarin Chinese word for December.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

十二月

Sap-jee Yut

This is the Cantonese Chinese word for December.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Disemba

Dee-SEM-bah

This is the Zulu word for December.

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