English
Etymology 1
From Middle English yeer , yere , from Old English ġēr , ġēar ( “ year ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *jērą ( “ year ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *yōro- , *yeh₁ro- ( “ year, spring ” ) , *yeh₁- . Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jier ( “ year ” ) , West Frisian jier ( “ year ” ) , Dutch jaar ( “ year ” ) , German Jahr ( “ year ” ) , Norwegian and Swedish år ( “ year ” ) , Icelandic ár ( “ year ” ) , Polish jary ( “ springtime ” ) , Ukrainian ярь ( jarʹ , “ spring ” ) , Serbo-Croatian jār ( “ spring ” ) , Ancient Greek ὥρα ( hṓra , “ year, season ” ) , Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆 ( yārə , “ year ” ) , Sanskrit पर्यारिणी ( paryāríṇī , “ calving after a year ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: year
Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
Rhymes: -ɜː(r) ( regional )
Noun
year (plural years )
A solar year , the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
( by extension ) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet , dwarf planet , small Solar System body , or comet ) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun ) to make one revolution around the star.
Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year , or 1.88 Earth years.
A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar , from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar , and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar .
2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8845 :Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year .
I was born in the year 1950.
This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.
A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity .
During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
( sciences ) A Julian year , exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a ".
A level or grade in school or college .
Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year ).
Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years .
Synonyms
Hypernyms
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Derived terms
( 1000-year ) : millennium , kiloyear (kyr ), yearthousand , millennial ( 100-year ) : century , yearhundred , centennial , centenary , centuried ( 10-year ) : decade , decennium , decadal , decennial ( 17-year ) : septendecennial ( 19-year ) : enneadecaeteris ( 1 ⁄ 2 -year) : biannual , semiannual , twice-yearly ( 1 ⁄ 3 -year) : triannual ( 1 ⁄ 4 -year) : quarter , quarterly , season , seasonal ( 200-year ) : bicentennial , bicentenary ( 20-year ) : vicennium , vicennial ( 2-year ) : biennium , biennial ( 3000-year ) : termillenary ( 300-year ) : tricentennial , tricentenary tercentennial , tercentenary ( 30-year ) : tricennium , tricennial ( 3-year ) : triennium , triennial , trieterical ( 4-year ) : quadrennium , quadrennial ( 5-year ) : quinquennium , quinquenniad , quintennium , quinquennial , quintennial ( 6-year ) : sexennium , sexennial ( 7-year ) : septennium , septennial , septennary , septenniad , septenary , septenarian , septennian , septennual ( 8-year ) : octennium , octaeteris , octennial , octaeteric ( 9-year ) : novennium , novennial , enneaeteric , enneatic ( adj. ) : yearly , annual , per annum in the year of our Lord , in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ , on in years , the year dot , year by year ( roughly one year ) : quasi-annual ( smaller divisions ) : see month , week , day , etc.
Translations
time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun
Abkhaz: ашқәс ( aŝkʷs )
Afrikaans: jaar (af)
Akkadian: 𒈬 f ( šattu )
Albanian: vit (sq) m
Amharic: አመት f ( ʾämät )
Antillean Creole: lanné
Arabic: عَام ( ʕām ) (plural: أَعْوَام pl ( ʔaʕwām ) ), سَنَة (ar) f ( sana ) (plural: سَنَوَات pl ( sanawāt ) )
Egyptian Arabic: سنة f ( sana )
Aragonese: año (an)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: שנתא f ( šantā’ )
Syriac: ܫܢܬܐ f ( šantā’ )
Armenian: տարի (hy) ( tari )
Aromanian: an (roa-rup)
Assamese: বছৰ ( bosor ) , চন ( son ) ( in dates )
Asturian: añu (ast)
Avar: сон ( son ) , лъагӏел ( lˢaʻel )
Aymara: mara (ay)
Azerbaijani: il (az)
Baluchi: سال ( sál )
Bashkir: йыл ( yıl )
Basque: urte (eu)
Belarusian: год (be) m ( hod ) , лет ( ljet ) ( genitive plural )
Bengali: বছর ( bochor )
Bole: soni
Breton: bloaz (br) m , bloavezh (br) m
Bulgarian: годи́на f ( godína )
Burmese: နှစ် (my) ( hnac )
Catalan: any (ca) m
Cebuano: tuig
Central Dusun: toun
Chamicuro: wata
Chechen: шо ( šo )
Cherokee: ᏑᏕᏘᏴᏓ ( sudetiyvda )
Chichewa: chaka
Chinese:
Cantonese: 年 (yue) ( nin4 )
Dungan: нян ( ni͡an )
Mandarin: 年 (zh) ( nián ) , ( colloquial ) 年頭 / 年头 (zh) ( niántóu ) , 年头 (zh) ( niántóu )
Min Dong: 年 ( nièng )
Min Nan: 年 (zh-min-nan) ( nî )
Chukchi: гивин ( givin )
Chuvash: ҫул ( śul )
Cornish: bledhen f
Czech: rok (cs) m
Dalmatian: jan m , yan m , jain m , yain m
Danish: år (da)
Dargwa: дус ( dus )
Dutch: jaar (nl) n
Eastern Cham: ꨔꨭꩆ , thun
Emilian: an m , ân m
Erzya: ие ( ije )
Esperanto: jaro (eo)
Estonian: aasta (et)
Etruscan: 𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌋 ( avil )
Ewe: eƒe
Extremaduran: añu
Faroese: ár n
Finnish: vuosi (fi)
French: année (fr) f , an (fr) m
Friulian: an m
Galician: ano (gl)
Gallo: anné
Georgian: წელი (ka) ( c̣eli ) , წელიწადი ( c̣elic̣adi )
German: Jahr (de) n
Alemannic German: Jahr n , Johr n
Sathmar Swabian: Johr
Swabian German: Johr
Gothic: 𐌾𐌴𐍂 n ( jēr )
Greek: χρόνος (el) m ( chrónos )
Ancient Greek: ἔτος n ( étos )
Guerrero Amuzgo: chu
Haitian Creole: lane
Harsusi: senet
Hausa: shekara (ha)
Hawaiian: makahiki
Hebrew: שָׁנָה (he) f ( shaná )
Hindi: साल (hi) m ( sāl ) , वर्ष (hi) m ( varṣ ) , सन (hi) m ( san ) ( in dates )
Hungarian: év (hu)
Hunsrik: Joher n
Icelandic: ár (is)
Ido: yaro (io)
Indonesian: tahun (id)
Ingrian: vooz
Ingush: шу ( šu )
Interlingua: anno (ia)
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Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ( arraaco )
Irish: bliain (ga) f
Isthmus Zapotec: iza
Istro-Romanian: ån
Italian: anno (it) m
Japanese: 年 (ja) ( ねん , nen; とし , toshi)
Javanese: taun (jv)
Kalmyk: җил ( jil )
Karakhanid: يِلْ ( yïl )
Kazakh: жыл (kk) ( jyl )
Ket: сыы
Khasi: snem
Khmer: ឆ្នាំ (km) ( chnŭm )
Komi-Permyak: во ( vo )
Korean: 년 (ko) ( nyeon ) (年 (ko) ), 연 (ko) ( yeon ) (年 (ko) ), 해 (ko) ( hae )
Kuna: birga
Kurdish:
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Sorani: ساڵ ( sall )
Kyrgyz: жыл (ky) ( jıl )
Ladin: ann m
Ladino: anyada f
Lakota: ómakȟa
Laboya: dau
Lao: ປີ (lo) ( pī )
Latgalian: gods m
Latin: annus (la) m
Latvian: gads (lv) m
Limburgish: jaor (li)
Lithuanian: metai (lt) pl
Livonian: āigast
Lombard: ann m
Low German: Johr (nds)
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Lower Sorbian: lěto n
Luxembourgish: Joer (lb) n
Lü: ᦔᦲ ( ṗii ) , ᨸᩦ
Macedonian: година f ( godina )
Malay: tahun (ms) , sanah , warsa
Malayalam: കൊല്ലം (ml) ( kollaṁ ) , വർഷം ( vaṟṣaṁ )
Maltese: sena (mt) f
Manchu: ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ ( aniya )
Manx: blein f
Maori: tau (mi)
Marathi: वर्ष ( varṣa )
Megleno-Romanian: an
Mongolian: жил (mn) ( žil )
Mwani: mwaka
Mòcheno: jor
Nahuatl: xihuitl (nah)
Navajo: nááhai , yihah
Nganasan: хӱо
Norman: aun , an m , annaée f ( continental Normandy ) , année f ( Jersey, Sark ) , onnaïe f ( Guernsey )
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: juar n
Helgoland: Djooar n
Mooring: iir n
Northern Sami: jahki
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: år (no) n
Nynorsk: år n
Occitan: annada (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: лѣто n ( lěto )
Old English: ġēar n
Old Saxon: gēr , jār
Ossetian: аз ( az )
Ottoman Turkish: ییل ( yıl )
Pa'o Karen: နေင်ႏ
Papiamentu: aña
Pashto: کال (ps) m ( kāl )
Persian: سال (fa) ( sâl )
Pipil: shiwit
Polish: rok (pl) m inan
Portuguese: ano (pt) m
Pumpokol: c'iku
Quechua: wata (qu)
Romagnol: (please verify ) ân
Romani: bersh
Romanian: an (ro) m
Romansch: onn
Russian: год (ru) m ( god ) , лет (ru) ( let ) {gen. pl.}, ле́то (ru) n ( léto ) ( poetic or with certain numerals and cases ) , годи́на (ru) f ( godína ) ( poetic )
Rusyn: рук m ( ruk )
Rutul: сен
S'gaw Karen: နံၣ် ( neè )
Samogitian: metā
Sanskrit: वर्ष (sa) ( varṣa )
Sardinian: annu m
Scots: year
Scottish Gaelic: bliadhna
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: година f , лето n
Roman: godina (sh) f , leto (sh) n
Shan: ပီ ( pi1 )
Sicilian: annu (scn) m
Sinhalese: අවුරුද්ද ( awurudda )
Skolt Sami: eeˊǩǩ
Slovak: rok (sk) m
Slovene: leto (sl) n
Somali: sanad (so)
Sotho: selemo (st)
Spanish: año (es) m
Sundanese: taun , warsih
Swahili: mwaka (sw)
Swedish: år (sv)
Sylheti: ꠛꠍꠞ ( bosór )
Tagalog: taon (tl)
Tajik: сол (tg) ( sol )
Talysh:
Asalemi: سال ( sâl )
Tamil: வருடம் (ta) ( varuṭam ) , வஷம் ( vaṣam ) , ஆண்டு (ta) ( āṇṭu )
Tat: сал
Tatar: ел (tt) ( yel )
Telugu: సంవత్సరము (te) ( saṁvatsaramu )
Temiar: tahun
Tetum: tinan
Thai: ปี (th) ( bpii )
Tibetan: ལོ ( lo )
Tigrinya: ዓመት ( ʿamät )
Tok Pisin: yia (tpi)
Tundra Nenets: по ( po )
Turkish: yıl (tr) , sene (tr)
Turkmen: ýyl
Tuvan: чыл ( çıl ) , хар ( xar )
Udi: усен ( usen )
Udmurt: ар ( ar )
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎐𐎚 ( šnt )
Ukrainian: рік (uk) m ( rik )
Upper Sorbian: lěto (hsb) n
Urdu: سال m ( sāl ) , ورش ( varṣ )
Uyghur:
UEY: يىل (ug) ( yil )
USY: жил ( zhil )
Uzbek: yil (uz)
Venetian: ano (vec) , an (vec)
Veps: voz'
Vietnamese: năm (vi)
Vilamovian: jür n
Volapük: yel (vo)
Votic: voosi
Võro: aastak
Warlpiri: wanta
Welsh: blwyddyn (cy)
West Frisian: jier (fy) n
White Hmong: xyoo
Yagnobi: сол ( sol )
Yakut: сыл ( sıl )
Yiddish: יאָר (yi) n ( yor )
Yoruba: ọdún
Zealandic: jaer n
Zhuang: bi
Zulu: unyaka class 3 /4
ǃXóõ: kúli
time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body
a period between set dates that mark a year
a scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity
a level or grade at school or college
Arabic: صَفّ m ( ṣaff )
Belarusian: клас m ( klas ) , курс m ( kurs ) ( at college or university )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 年級 / 年级 (zh) ( niánjí ) , 年级 (zh) ( niánjí ) , ( academic year ) 學年 / 学年 (zh) ( xuénián ) , 学年 (zh) ( xuénián )
Czech: ročník (cs) m
Dutch: jaar (nl) n
Ewe: eƒe
Finnish: luokka (fi)
French: année (fr) f
German: Jahr (de) m , Studienjahr (de) n
Hungarian: év (hu) , évfolyam (hu)
Indonesian: tahun (id)
Italian: anno (it) m
Japanese: 学年 (ja) ( がくねん, gakunen )
Korean: 학년 (ko) ( hangnyeon ) (學年 (ko) )
Kurdish:
Sorani: ساڵ ( sall ) , پۆل ( pol )
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Macedonian: година f ( godina ) , одделение n ( oddelenie ) ( primary education )
Malay: tahun (ms)
Maltese: sena (mt)
Norman: année f
Portuguese: série (pt) f
Russian: класс (ru) m ( klass ) ( school ) , курс (ru) m ( kurs ) ( college or university )
Semai: tahut
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: разред m , година f
Roman: razred (sh) m , godina (sh) f
Spanish: año (es) m , grado (es) m
Thai: ปี (th) ( bpii )
Ukrainian: клас m ( klas ) ( school ) , курс m ( kurs ) ( college or university )
Translations to be checked
Hypernyms
See also
calendar
(Gregorian calendar months ) Gregorian calendar month ; January , February , March , April , May , June , July , August , September , October , November , December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months )
(Hebrew calendar months ) Hebrew calendar month ; Tishrei , Cheshvan , Kislev , Tevet , Shevat , Adar , Nisan , Iyar , Sivan , Tammuz , Av , Elul (Category: en:Hebrew calendar months )
(Islamic calendar months ) Islamic calendar month ; Muharram , Safar , Rabi I , Rabi II , Jumada I , Jumada II , Rajab , Sha'ban , Ramadan , Shawwal , Dhu'l-Qa'da , Dhu'l-Hijja (Category: en:Islamic calendar months )
References
Etymology 2
Noun
year
Eye dialect spelling of here .
Eye dialect spelling of hear .
Anagrams
Arey , Ayer , Ayre , Raye , Reay , Yare , aery , ayre , eyra , y'are , yare
Scots
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English yeer , yere , from Old English ġēr , ġēar ( “ year ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *jērą ( “ year ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *yōro- , *yeh₁ro- ( “ year, spring ” ) , *yeh₁- .
Noun
year (plural year )
year