leapling

English

WOTD – 2 March 2012

Etymology

leap +‎ -ling (from leap year)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliplɪŋ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

leapling (plural leaplings)

1. Someone born on a leap day, the 29th of February.

Translations

one born on a leap day

• Finnish: karkauspäivänä syntynyt
• Hungarian: szökőéves
• Icelandic: hlaupársbarn n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skuddårsbarn n