Definition of february February

/fɛˈbjʌwɛˌɹi/ - [febyuweree] - Feb•ru•ar•y

We found 8 definitions of february from 7 different sources.

What does february mean?

Noun
february - the month following January and preceding March
		Feb
		gregorian calendar month a month in the Gregorian calendar
		gregorian calendar new style calendar
		bissextile day, february 29, leap day the name of the day that is added during a leap year
		candlemas, candlemas day, feb 2 feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
		february 2, groundhog day if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
		february 12, lincoln's birthday the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered
		february 14, saint valentine's day, st valentine's day, valentine's day, valentine day a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
		february 22, washington's birthday the day on which George Washington is remembered
		presidents' day the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington

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february (n.)
The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

february
The second month of the Gregorian calendar, having 29 days in a leap year and 28 in other years.

february
feb′rōō-ar-i, n. the second month of the year. [L. Februarius (mensis), the month of expiation, februa, the feast of expiation.]

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February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.
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February fill dike, be it black or be it white; But if it be white, it's the better to like.

February is the second month of the year with 28 days in most years. In leap years February has 29 days. In Sweden in 1732 the month had 30 days. This was to make the calendar match the rest of the world. In 1930 and 1931, February had 30 days in the Soviet Union because the government changed all the months to be 30 days long. The name comes either from the Roman Mythology god Februus or else from "februa", the festivals of purification celebrated in Rome every fifteenth of this month.

February is one of the last two months to be added to the calendar (the other is January). This is because in the original Roman calendar, the two months of Winter, when not much happen in agriculture, did not have names.

From circa 700 BC, when Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, added it to the calendar, February had 23 days and 24 days on some of every second year, until 46 BC when Julius Caesar assigned it 29 days on every fourth year and 28 days otherwise.

February's flower is the Violet with its birthstone being the Amethyst. The meaning of the Amethyst is Sincerity.

Events in February.

This is a list of annual events or festivals.