yearly

English

The New Year is one of many examples of yearly holidays.

Etymology

From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīc (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year +‎ -ly. Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

yearly (not comparable)

1. Happening once every year.

   a yearly income

   Christmas is a yearly celebration.

Synonyms

• annual
• per annum
• perennial

Translations

happening once every year

• Afrikaans: jaarliks (af), jaarlikse (af)
• Arabic: سَنَوِيّ (sanawiyy)
• Armenian: տարեկան (hy) (tarekan)
• Assamese: বছেৰেকীয়া (boserekia), বছৰি (bosori)
• 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 (maenyeonui)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latin: annuus (la), quotannīs
• Malay:

  Jawi: تاهونن

  Rumi: tahunan

• Manx: bleinoil
• Maori: huritau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: årlig (no)

  Nynorsk: årleg

• Persian: سالانه (fa) (sâlâne)
• Portuguese: anual (pt)
• Romanian: anual (ro) m or n
• Russian: ежего́дный (ru) (ježegódnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: bliadhnail
• Spanish: anual (es)
• Swedish: årlig (sv)
• Turkish: yıllık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щорічний m (ščoričnyj)
• Volapük: alyelik (vo)
• Yiddish: יאָריק (yorik)

Adverb

yearly (not comparable)

1. Once a year.
2. Every year.

Synonyms

• annually
• perennially

Translations

once a year

• Arabic: سَنَوِيًّا (sanawiyyan)
• Armenian: տարեկան (hy) (tarekan)
• Catalan: anualment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每年 (zh) (měinián)

• Czech: ročně (cs)
• Dutch: jaarlijks (nl)
• Esperanto: jare
• Finnish: vuosittain (fi)
• French: annuellement (fr)
• German: jährlich (de)
• Hungarian: évenként, évente (hu)
• 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)
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• Korean: 해마다 (ko) (haemada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Maori: ā-tau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: årlig (no)

• Persian: سالانه (fa) (sâlâne)
• Portuguese: anualmente
• Russian: ежего́дно (ru) (ježegódno)
• Spanish: anualmente (es), cada año
• Swedish: årligen (sv)
• Turkish: yıllık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щорічно (ščorično)
• Volapük: alyelo (vo)

Noun

yearly (plural yearlies)

1. Something that is published once a year.

Translations

something that is published once a year

• Dutch: jaaruitgave f, jaarlijkse uitgave f
• Finnish: vuosikirja (fi)
• French: annuaire (fr) m
• Italian: annuario (it) m
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• Japanese: 年刊の (ねんかんの, nenkan no)
• Polish: rocznik (pl) m
• Russian: ежего́дник (ru) m (ježegódnik)
• Turkish: yıllık (tr)

Anagrams

• yarely