dicembre

Dicembre is December, from Latin December, the tenth month of the old Roman year, a link still seen in dieci, ten. In acts it follows the day and del mese di: addì ventisei del mese di dicembre, on the twenty-sixth of December. The abbreviation is dic.

Watch for the number words around it: dieci is ten and dicembre the month. Do not confuse dicembre with decesso, death, which you will see in death acts and their indexes.