Meaning and background
The story behind December
December is the twelfth month in today’s calendar, although its name comes from Latin decem, meaning ten. The apparent mismatch reflects its earlier place in the Roman year. December also appears in modern personal-name use, but its clearest dog-name association is with the month, winter and the calendar rather than an invented personal-name origin.
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About December
Recorded as a dog’s name
December appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɪsɛmbɚ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dɪsɛmbɚ/ · primary stress on syllable 2D IH0 S EH1 M B ER0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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