yearly

English

Etymology

From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix) or -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), Afrikaans jaarliks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Danish årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Bokmål årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Nynorsk årleg (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjɪɹli/, /ˈjɪɚli/, /ˈjɪəɹli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjɪəli/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)li
• Hyphenation: year‧ly

Adjective

yearly (not comparable)

1. Happening once every year.

   Christmas is a yearly celebration.

   We deep-clean the kitchen on a yearly basis.

   • 2024 June 9, maia arson crimew, “israeli national police found trying to purchase stalkerware”, in maia blog‎^[1]:

     all of these services, including mSpy, function with the same kind of predatory subscription scheme, luring you in with free trials that autorenew as abhorrently expensive monthly or yearly subscriptions. canceling the service requires reaching out to support, so users are typically unable to avoid overrunning the trial.

2. Over the course of one year

   a yearly income

Synonyms

• annual
• per annum
• perennial

Derived terms

• half-yearly
• quarter-yearly
• semiyearly
• twice-yearly

Translations

happening once every year

• Afrikaans: jaarliks (af), jaarlikse (af)
• Arabic: سَنَوِيّ (sanawiyy)
• Armenian: տարեկան (hy) (tarekan)
• Assamese: বছেৰেকীয়া (boserekia), বছৰি (bosori)
• Belarusian: штого́дны (štohódny), штого́дні (štohódni), штогадо́вы (štohadóvy)
• Bulgarian: ежего́ден (ežegóden)
• Catalan: anual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每年的 (zh) (měinián de)

• Czech: roční (cs)
• Danish: årlig (da)
• Dutch: jaarlijks (nl), jaarlijkse (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉiujara
• Finnish: vuosittainen (fi), jokavuotinen (fi)
• French: annuel (fr) m
• Georgian: წლიური (c̣liuri), ყოველწლიური (q̇ovelc̣liuri)
• German: jährlich (de)
• Hungarian: évenkénti (hu), évi (hu)
• Icelandic: árlegur (is), árviss
• Irish: bliantúil
• Italian: annuale (it)
• Japanese: 毎年の (ja) (まいとしの, maitoshi no)
• Korean: 매년의 (ko) (maenyeonui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ساڵانە (sallane)

• Latin: annuus (la), quotannīs (la)
• Latvian: gadskārtējs
• Macedonian: годишен (godišen)
• Malay:

  Jawi: تاهونن (ms)

  Rumi: tahunan (ms)

• Manx: bleinoil
• Maori: huritau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: årlig (no)

  Nynorsk: årleg

• Persian: سالانه (fa) (sâlâne)
• Polish: roczny (pl), coroczny (pl), doroczny (pl)
• Portuguese: anual (pt)
• Romanian: anual (ro) m or n
• Russian: ежего́дный (ru) (ježegódnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: bliadhnail
• Slovak: ročný
• Spanish: anual (es)
• Swedish: årlig (sv)
• Thai: ทุกปี (túk-bpii), รายปี (raai-bpii), ประจำปี (bprà-jam-bpii)
• Turkish: yıllık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щорі́чний (ščoríčnyj)
• Volapük: alyelik (vo)
• Yiddish: יאָריק (yorik)

Adverb

yearly (not comparable)

1. Once a year.
2. Every year.
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     With a scanty supply of laws in Hellenic commonwealths or city states what an immense vista for an Aristotle, of that grand, complex, efficient machinery of law, turning out yearly thousands of laws and taboos for the paternalistic control and alleged welfare of the citizen!

Synonyms

• annually
• perennially

Translations

once a year

• Arabic: سَنَوِيًّا (sanawiyyan)
• Armenian: տարեկան (hy) (tarekan)
• Assamese: বছৰি (bosori)
• Belarusian: штого́д (štohód), штого́ду (štohódu)
• Bulgarian: ежего́дно (bg) (ežegódno), годи́шно (godíšno)
• Catalan: anualment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每年 (zh) (měinián)

• Czech: ročně (cs)
• Dutch: jaarlijks (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉiujare, jare
• Finnish: vuosittain (fi)
• French: annuellement (fr)
• Georgian: წელიწადში ერთხელ (c̣elic̣adši ertxel), წელში ერთხელ (c̣elši ertxel), წლიურად (c̣liurad), ყოველწლიურად (q̇ovelc̣liurad)
• German: jährlich (de)
• Hungarian: évenként (hu), évente (hu)
• Icelandic: árlega
• Irish: in éadan an bliana
• Italian: annualmente (it)
• Japanese: 年一回の (ねんいっかいの, nen'ikkai no), 毎年 (ja) (maitoshi)
• Korean: 해마다 (ko) (haemada), 매년 (ko) (maenyeon)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ساڵانە (sallane)

• Macedonian: годишно (godišno)
• Maori: ā-tau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: årlig (no)

• Persian: سالانه (fa) (sâlâne)
• Polish: corocznie (pl), rocznie (pl)
• Portuguese: anualmente (pt)
• Russian: ежего́дно (ru) (ježegódno)
• Slovak: ročne
• Spanish: anualmente (es), cada año
• Swedish: årligen (sv)
• Thai: ทุกปี (túk-bpii), ปีละครั้ง (bpii-lá-kráng), ปีละหน (bpii-lá-hǒn)
• Turkish: yıllık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щорі́чно (ščoríčno), щоро́ку (ščoróku), щорі́к (ščorík), рі́чно (ríčno)
• Volapük: alyelo (vo)

Noun

yearly (plural yearlies)

1. Something that is published once a year.

Translations

something that is published once a year

• Bulgarian: годишник (bg) m (godišnik)
• Dutch: jaaruitgave f, jaarlijkse uitgave f
• Finnish: vuosikirja (fi)
• French: annuaire (fr) m
• Italian: annuario (it) m
• Japanese: 年刊の (ja) (ねんかんの, nenkan no)
• Korean: 연간의 (ko) (yeon'ganui)
• Polish: rocznik (pl) m
• Russian: ежего́дник (ru) m (ježegódnik)
• Thai: รายปี (raai-bpii)
• Turkish: yıllık (tr)

See also

• Thesaurus:frequency

Anagrams

• yarely