TAMMUZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tammuz mean? 

• TAMMUZ (noun)
  The noun TAMMUZ has 2 senses:

1. the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)

2. Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna

  Familiarity information: TAMMUZ used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMMUZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Tammuz; Thammuz

Hypernyms ("Tammuz" is a kind of...):

Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

Holonyms ("Tammuz" is a part of...):

Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dumuzi; Tammuz

Instance hypernyms:

Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)