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shevat

She·vat
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt]
    • /ʃəˈvɑt, ʃvɑt, ʃəˈvɔt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt]
    • /ʃəˈvɑt, ʃvɑt, ʃəˈvɔt/

Definitions of shevat word

  • noun shevat the fifth month of the Jewish calendar. 1
  • noun shevat (in the Jewish calendar) the eleventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fifth month of the civil year 0
  • noun shevat the fifth month of the Jewish year 0
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Origin of shevat

First appearance:

before 1525
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1525-35, Shevat is from the Hebrew word shəbhāṭ

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Parts of speech for Shevat

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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shevat popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • tu bishevat

    the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.

  • hamishah asar bishevat

    Tu Bishevat.

  • jewish calendar

    the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
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