monthly

English

Alternative forms

• mon. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From month +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnθli/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnθli

Adjective

monthly (not comparable)

1. Occurring every month.

   It's time give the dog its monthly bath.

Derived terms

• half-monthly
• monthly bill
• monthly friend
• monthly meeting
• monthly visitor
• semi-monthly
• thrice-monthly

 

Translations

occurring every month

• Albanian: mujor (sq)
• Arabic: شَهْرِيّ (šahriyy)
• Armenian: ամսական (hy) (amsakan)
• Assamese: মাহিলি (mahili), মাহেকীয়া (mahekia)
• Basque: hileroko
• Belarusian: штоме́сячны (štomjésjačny)
• Bhojpuri: मासिक (māsik)
• Bulgarian: ежеме́сечен (ežemésečen)
• Burmese: လစဉ် (la.cany)
• Catalan: mensual
• Cebuano: binulan, binuwan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每月的 (zh) (měiyuè de)

• Czech: měsíční (cs)
• Esperanto: monata
• French: mensuel (fr)
• Galician: mensual (gl)
• Georgian: ყოველთვიური (q̇oveltviuri)
• German: monatlich (de)
• Greek: μηνιαίος (el) (miniaíos)

  Ancient: μηνιαῖος (mēniaîos)

• Hindi: मासिक (hi) (māsik)
• Hungarian: havi (hu), havonkénti (hu)
• Irish: míosúil
• Japanese: 毎月の (ja) (まいげつの, maigetsu no), 毎月の (ja) (まいつきの, maitsuki no)
• Kazakh: айлық (ailyq)
• Korean: 매달의 (ko) (maedarui)
• Latin: mēnstruus
• Macedonian: месечен m (mesečen)
• Malay: bulanan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: månedlig

  Nynorsk: månadleg

• Polish: comiesięczny (pl), miesięczny (pl)
• Portuguese: mensal (pt)
• Russian: ежеме́сячный (ru) (ježemésjačnyj)
• Spanish: mensual (es)
• Swedish: månatlig (sv)
• Thai: ทุกเดือน (túk-dʉʉan), รายเดือน (raai-dʉʉan), ประจำเดือน (th) (bprà-jam-dʉʉan)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щомі́сячний (ščomísjačnyj)
• Welsh: misol (cy)
• Yiddish: חודשלעך (yi) (khoydeshlekh)

Adverb

monthly (not comparable)

1. Every month.

   Rent must be paid monthly.

Translations

occurring every month

• Arabic: شَهْرِيًّا (šahriyyan)
• Armenian: ամսական (hy) (amsakan)
• Belarusian: штоме́сяц (štomjésjac), штоме́сячна (štomjésjačna)
• Bulgarian: ежеме́сечно (bg) (ežemésečno)
• Catalan: mensualment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按月 (zh) (ànyuè), 每月的 (zh) (měiyuè de)

• Czech: měsíčně (cs)
• Dutch: maandelijks (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉiumonate
• Finnish: kuukausittain (fi)
• French: mensuel (fr), mensuellement (fr)
• Galician: mensualmente (gl)
• Georgian: ყოველთვიურად (q̇oveltviurad)
• German: monatlich (de)
• Hungarian: havonta (hu), havonként (hu)
• Indonesian: bulanan (id)
• Interlingua: mensual, mensualmente
• Italian: mensilmente (it)
• Japanese: 毎月 (ja) (まいげつ, maigetsu), 月次 (ja) (げつじ, getsuji), 毎月の (ja) (まいつきの, maitsuki no)
• Kazakh: ай сайын (ai saiyn)
• Korean: 매달의 (ko) (maedarui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مانگانە (mangane)

• Malayalam: പ്രതിമാസം (ml) (pratimāsaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: månedlig

  Nynorsk: månadleg

• Polish: miesięcznie (pl), co miesiąc (pl)
• Portuguese: mensalmente
• Romanian: lunar (ro), mensual (ro)
• Russian: ме́сячно (ru) (mésjačno), ежеме́сячно (ru) (ježemésjačno), ежеме́сячный (ru) (ježemésjačnyj)
• Spanish: mensualmente
• Swedish: månadsvis (sv), månatlig (sv)
• Thai: ทุกเดือน (túk-dʉʉan), เดือนละครั้ง (dʉʉan-lá-kráng)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щомі́сяця (ščomísjacja), щомі́сячно (ščomísjačno)
• Volapük: muliko

Noun

monthly (plural monthlies)

2. A publication that is published once a month.
   • 2009 January 5, Stephanie Clifford, “Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky.

3. (euphemistic) The menstrual period.
   • 2008, Monica Dixon, Through Closed Eyes, page 230:

     Katherine assumed she was having her monthly. She could recall times when her own monthly was so intense that it showed on her face.

Synonyms

• every month, each month, mensually

Derived terms

• alt-monthly

 

Descendants

• Japanese: マンスリー

Translations

a publication that is published once a month

• Basque: hileroko
• Bulgarian: ме́сечно списа́ние n (mésečno spisánie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月刊雜誌／月刊杂志 (yuèkān zázhì)

• Czech: měsíčník (cs) m
• Finnish: kuukausijulkaisu
• Georgian: ყოველთვიური გამოცემა (q̇oveltviuri gamocema), ყოველთვიური პუბლიკაცია (q̇oveltviuri ṗubliḳacia)
• Hindi: मासपत्रिका f (māspatrikā), मासिक (hi) m (māsik)
• Japanese: 月刊誌 (ja) (げっかんし, gekkanshi)
• Korean: 월간지 (wolganji)
• Macedonian: месечник m (mesečnik)
• Marathi: മാസിക (ml) (māsika)
• Polish: miesięcznik (pl) m inan
• Russian: ежеме́сячник (ru) m (ježemésjačnik)
• Slovak: mesačník m
• Telugu: మాసపత్రిక (te) (māsapatrika)
• Thai: รายเดือน (raai-dʉʉan)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)
• Vietnamese: nguyệt báo (vi) (newspaper), nguyệt san (vi) (magazine)

(euphemism) the menstrual period

• Bulgarian: менструа́ция f (menstruácija)
• Czech: měsíčky (cs) f pl
• Esperanto: monataĵo
• Finnish: kuukautiset (fi) pl
• Georgian: თვიური (tviuri)
• Polish: miesiączka (pl) f
• Russian: ме́сячные (ru) n pl or f pl (mésjačnyje)
• Thai: ประจำเดือน (th) (bprà-jam-dʉʉan)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)

See also

• weekly
• daily
• yearly

See also

• Thesaurus:frequency