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# jan

abbreviation (Jan, written with a capital J); also a name (Jan)

«jan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Short written form of January, the first month of the year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#m1)
2. A first name in several languages (Jan, for boys in Dutch, Polish and Czech; sometimes short for Janet or Janice). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used on calendars, forms, timetables and labels where space is short. In maths and calendar lessons, January (Jan) is month 1 and has 31 days. Phrases: Jan to Dec, the month of Jan.

### Examples

- The calendar shows Jan, Feb, Mar along the top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#x1)
- Jan is short for January. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#x2)
- January, or Jan, has 31 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#x3)
- My cousin Jan lives in Poland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#x4)
- The chart starts in Jan and ends in Dec. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#x5)
- Write "Jan" on the label for the first month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#x6)

### Note

Write it with a capital J and often with a full stop: Jan. In speech, say "January", not "Jan". The other short forms are Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep or Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec (May has no short form). For numbers: January is month 1 with 31 days.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jan.html) on Mova free.