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# jan

«jan» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short written form of January, the first month of the year** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Short written form of January, the first month of the year. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Her foster mum, Jan, takes one look and fetches a proper suitcase with wheels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/521-foster-care/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.