year
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥der. Proto-Germanic *jērą Proto-West Germanic *jār Old English ġēar Middle English yeer English year From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Doublet of hora and hour. Cognates Cognate with Scots year (“year”), North Frisian djooar, iir, Jaar, jeer, juar, jäär (“year”), Saterland Frisian Jíer (“year”), West Frisian jier (“year”), Bavarian Joahr, Jåar, Jåhr (“year”), Cimbrian djar, jaar (“year”), Dutch jaar (“year”), German Jahr (“year”), Limburgish jaor, Johr, Joër (“year”), Low German Johr, Jåhr (“year”), Luxembourgish Joer (“year”), Mòcheno jor (“year”), Swabian Johr (“year”), Vilamovian jür (“year”), West Flemish joar (“year”), Yiddish יאָר (yor), יאָהר (yohr, “year”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish år (“year”), Faroese and Icelandic ár (“year”), Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr, “year”).
Definitions
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
- we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
An orbital period
An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: 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, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the…
A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
- 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 Ox.
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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.
The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human…
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.
Pronunciation spelling of here.
Pronunciation spelling of hear.
The neighborhood
- synonymaccounting yearspecific uses
- synonymbase yearspecific uses
- synonymdog yearspecific uses
- synonymfinancial yearspecific uses
- synonymfiscal yearspecific uses
- synonymliturgical yearspecific uses
- synonymquality-adjusted life yearspecific uses
- synonymschool yearspecific uses
- synonymtax yearspecific uses
- synonymorb
- synonymyear
- synonymtwelvemonth
- neighborcalendar
- neighbortriannual
- neighborbiannual
- neighborsemiannual
- neighbortwice-yearly
- neighboryearly
- neighborannual
- neighborper annum
- neighbortender years doctrine
- neighboranomalistic year
- neighborGaussian year
- neighborlunar year
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at year. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at year. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at year
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