anniversary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adjective anniversarius (“returning yearly”), from annus (“year”) + vertere (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/
• IPA^(key): /ˌænɪˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/, IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/

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Noun

anniversary (plural anniversaries)

1. A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

   Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.

   1. (especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.

      We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.

2. (loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
   • 1984, ‘Never Mind the Tranquil Facade’, Time, 27 Feb 1984:

     The occasion was the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 8 coup that brought General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores to power.

   • 2002, ‘Politics this Week’, The Economist, 14 Mar 2002:

     In a thinly veiled threat to Saddam Hussein, President George Bush marked the six-month anniversary of September 11th by reiterating America's commitment to prevent rogue countries obtaining weapons of mass destruction.

   • 2006, DB Schrock, Soulmonger Dot Com, page 28:

     Jonathon proposed to his [Jess's] mom on their three-month anniversary of meeting and married her on their fourth.

Synonyms

• yearday
• yeartide (rare, nonstandard)

Derived terms

• dateaversary
• meetaversary

Translations

day an exact number of years since an event

• Afrikaans: herdenking
• Arabic: عِيد سَنَوِيّ m (ʕīd sanawiyy)
• Armenian: տարեդարձ (taredarj), հոբելյան (hy) (hobelyan), տարելից (hy) (tarelicʻ)
• Azerbaijani: ildönümü (az)
• Basque: urteurrena
• Belarusian: гадаві́на f (hadavína), юбіле́й m (jubiljéj)
• Bulgarian: юбиле́й (bg) m (jubiléj), годи́шнина f (godíšnina)
• Burmese: နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့ (hnacpatlanyne.)
• Catalan: aniversari (ca) m
• Cebuano: anibersaryo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 週年／周年 (zh) (zhōunián), 周年 (zh) (zhōunián), 紀念日／纪念日 (zh) (jìniànrì), 纪念日 (zh) (jìniànrì)

• Crimean Tatar: yıldönüm
• Czech: výročí (cs) n
• Danish: årsdag c
• Dutch: jubileum (nl) n
• Esperanto: datreveno
• Estonian: aastapäev (et)
• Finnish: vuosipäivä (fi)
• French: anniversaire (fr) m
• Galician: aniversario (gl) m
• Georgian: დაბადების დღე (დაბადების დღე)
• German: Jahrestag (de) m
• Greek: επέτειος (el) f (epéteios)
• Haitian Creole: anivèsè nesans
• Hungarian: évforduló (hu)
• Icelandic: afmæli (is) n, (anniversary of death) dánarafmæli n, (anniversary of death) ártíð f, (anniversary of death) dánardægur n
• Ido: aniversario (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: cothrom an lae m
• Italian: anniversario (it) m
• Japanese: 記念日 (kinenbi), 周年 (ja) (しゅうねん, shūnen), アニバーサリー (ja) (anibāsarī)
• Kannada: ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ (kn) (vārṣikōtsava)
• Karelian: vuozipäivy
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃខួប (tngay kʰuəp)
• Korean: 기념일 (ko) (ginyeom-il)
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• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ساڵوەگەڕ (sallwegerr)

  Northern Kurdish: salvegerr (ku) f

• Lao: ວັນຄົບຮອບປີເກີດ (wan khop hǭp pī kœ̄t), ຄົບຮອບ (khop hǭp)
• Latin: natalis (la) m
• Latvian: gadadiena f
• Lithuanian: jubiliejus (lt) m
• Macedonian: годишнина f (godišnina)
• Malay: ulang tahun
• Maltese: anniversarju
• Maori: huritau
• Marathi: वाढदिवस m (vāḍhadivasa)
• Mongolian: ойн баяр (ojn bajar)
• Norwegian: årsdag m, jubileum (no) n
• Polish: rocznica (pl) f, aniwersarz m (old-fashioned)
• Portuguese: aniversário (pt) m
• Romanian: aniversare (ro) f
• Russian: годовщи́на (ru) f (godovščína), юбиле́й (ru) m (jubiléj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan bliadhnail m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јубилеј m, годишњица f

  Roman: jubilej (sh) m, godišnjica (sh) f, obljetnica (sh) f (Croatia)

• Slovak: výročie n
• Slovene: obletnica (sl) f
• Spanish: aniversario (es) m
• Swahili: maadhimisho ya miaka
• Swedish: årsdag (sv) c
• Tagalog: anibersaryo
• Thai: วันฉลอง (wan chà-lŏng), วันครบรอบปี (wan króp rôp bpee)
• Turkish: yıl dönümü (tr)
• Ukrainian: річни́ця (uk) f (ričnýcja), ювіле́й (uk) m (juviléj)
• Vietnamese: ngày kỷ niệm
• Walloon: aniviersaire
• Yiddish: יאָרטאָג (yi) m (yortog)

wedding anniversary

• Catalan: aniversari de noces m
• Danish: bryllupsdag (da) c
• Esperanto: jubileo (eo)
• Finnish: hääpäivä (fi)
• French: anniversaire de mariage m
• Galician: aniversario de voda m
• German: Hochzeitstag (de) m
• Greek: επέτειος γάμου f (epéteios gámou)
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• Hungarian: házassági évforduló (hu)
• Icelandic: brúðkaupsafmæli n
• Japanese: 結婚記念日 (kekkon kinenbi)
• Latin: natalis (la)
• Norwegian: bryllupsdag (no) m
• Polish: gody (pl) pl, rocznica ślubu
• Portuguese: aniversário de casamento m, bodas (pt) f pl
• Russian: юбиле́й (ru) m (jubiléj), годовщи́на (ru) f (godovščína)

See also

• birthday