year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɪə/
enpr: yîr
ipa: /jɪɹ/
ipa: /jiə/
ipa: /jir/
ipa: /jøː/
note: Wales, other regions
ipa: /jɜː/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /jɛː/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈ(j)ɪjə(r)/
homophone: ear (implicit onglide)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: yeah (non-rhotic with cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: years
form: year
form: yeah
form: yeare
form: yeer
form: yeere
form: yere
form: yur
Etymology: 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 iir, Jaar, juar (“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, Icelandic ár (“year”), Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr, “year”).
Senses: examples: text: we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
related: word: y
word: yr
synonyms: annum
mul:a
glosses: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
related: word: y
word: yr
synonyms: annum
mul:a
glosses: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
related: word: y
word: yr
synonyms: annum
mul:a
glosses: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
related: word: y
word: yr
synonyms: annum
mul:a
glosses: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.
related: word: y
word: yr
synonyms: annum
mul:a
glosses: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
related: word: y
word: yr
synonyms: annum
mul:a
glosses: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.
examples: text: Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
text: Shepard: What can you tell me about the Citadel Council?
Avina: Originally, the Council consisted of representatives from the asari and salarians, the two dominant species in Citadel space.
Roughly 1,304 galactic standard years ago, turians were invited to join the Council in recognition of the role they played during the Krogan Rebellion.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citdael:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
text: I was born in the year 1950.
text: This Chinese year is the year of the Ox.
text: 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.
ref: 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020:
text: Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media.
ref: 2025 April 24, Oscar Holland, “Construction of world’s tallest abandoned skyscraper to resume after a decade”, in CNN:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
glosses: A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
examples: text: Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
text: The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
text: I'm the oldest student in my year because I've repeated twice.
glosses: A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
A level or grade in school or college.
examples: text: Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
glosses: The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
Synonyms: sense: one revolution of the Sun by the Earth
word: solar year
sense: one revolution of the Sun by the Earth
word: equinoctial year
sense: one revolution of the Sun by the Earth
word: sun
sense: one revolution of the Sun by the Earth
word: Theban year
sense: one revolution of the Sun by the Earth
word: twelvemonth
sense: one revolution of the Sun by the Earth
word: annum
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: anomalistic year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: galactic year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: Gaussian year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: Great Year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: lunar year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: Platonic year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: sidereal year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: Sothic year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
word: tropical year
sense: time to make one revolution by any body
alt: sci fi
word: annum
sense: period between set dates
word: calendar year
sense: period between set dates
word: civil year
sense: period between set dates
word: legal year
sense: specific uses
word: accounting year
sense: specific uses
word: base year
sense: specific uses
word: dog year
sense: specific uses
word: financial year
sense: specific uses
word: fiscal year
sense: specific uses
word: liturgical year
sense: specific uses
word: quality-adjusted life year
sense: specific uses
word: school year
sense: specific uses
word: tax year
word: orb
word: year
Hypernyms: word: biennium (2 years)
sense: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.; The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
word: triennium
word: quadrennium
sense: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.; The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.
word: olympiad
word: quinquennium
sense: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.; The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
word: pentad
sense: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.; The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.
word: sexennium
sense: 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.
word: septennium
word: octaeteris
sense: 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.
word: octennium
sense: A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
word: novennium
word: decennium
sense: A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.; A level or grade in school or college.
word: decade
word: centennium
word: century (100)
word: quincentennium (500)
word: kiloyear
word: millennium (1000)
word: decamillennium (10,000)
word: centimillennium (100,000)
word: millionennium
word: megayear (1,000,000)
word: gigayear (1,000,000,000)
word: eon
word: period
Hyponyms: word: base year
word: birthyear
word: calendar year
word: civil year
word: dog year
word: donkey's years
word: financial year
word: fiscal year
word: fourth year
word: gap year
word: golden years
word: holy year
word: last year
word: leap year
word: legal year
word: liturgical year
word: lunar year
word: mid-year
word: midyear
word: run of year
word: school year
word: second year
word: sidereal year
word: solar year
word: Sothic year
word: sunset years
word: tax year
word: third year
word: twilight years
word: year of confusion
word: year of grace
word: year of our Lord
word: year of our Lord Jesus Christ
word: year zero
word: yesteryear
word: academic year
word: astronomical year
word: common year
word: equinoctial year
word: human year
word: tropical year
Meronyms: word: season
word: quarter
word: month
word: week
word: day
word: spring
word: summer
word: autumn
word: winter
word: equinox
word: solstice
word: sunstead
word: synodic month
word: lunation
word: lunar month
Derived terms: 100-year flood
10-year series
4-plus-billion-year
abundant year
academic year
after-years
all-year-round
astronomical year
autumn years
a year and a day
banner year
be a hundred years too early
beyond one's years
big year
bissextile year
century year
Christian year
Christmas comes but once a year
common year
cosmic year
current year
day-year principle
disability-adjusted life year
disability adjusted life year
dollar-a-year man
donkey's years
dragon year
final year project
first year
first-year
four score and seven years ago
four score seven years ago
gigawatt-year
gigayear
golden years
half-year
human year
hundred-year egg
hundred-year storm
I am twenty years old
I'm twenty years old
Jesus year
kilowatt-year
leap year
light year
light-year
man-year
mast year
megalight-year
megawatt-year
megayear
microwatt-year
milliwatt-year
multi-year
multiyear
never in a million years
new year
next year
non-leap year
not in a million years
one-hundred-year storm
one-year-old
on in years
pack-year
pack year
person-year
rain year
regnal year
roll back the years
ruin of the year
run year
sabbatical year
salad year
seventeen-year locust
seven-year apple
seven-year itch
seven-year melon
seven-year vine
sunset years
ten-year series
terawatt-year
term of years
term of years absolute
term of years determinable
this year
thousand-year egg
thousand-year-old egg
time of year
today years old
to-year
transition year
turn of the year
twilight years
two-year
water year
watt-year
who was your servant last year
wise beyond one's years
year 2000 problem
year 2038 problem
year-around
year bearer
year-bird
yearbook
year-book
year by year
year dot
year-end
year-group
yearhundred
yearling
year-long
yearly
year mark
year mind
year-old
year-on-year
year out
year-over-year
year-round
year-rounder
years-long
year's mind
years young
yearthousand
year to date
year-to-date
year-to-year
yester-year
yesteryear
Related terms: word: calendar
sense: smaller divisions
word: month
sense: smaller divisions
word: week
sense: smaller divisions
word: day
sense: quarter, quarterly, season, seasonal
word: 1⁄4-year
word: triannual
word: biannual
word: semiannual
word: twice-yearly
sense: roughly one year
word: quasi-annual
word: yearly
word: annual
word: per annum
sense: 2-year
word: biennium
sense: 2-year
word: biennial
sense: 3-year
word: triennium
sense: 3-year
word: triennial
sense: 3-year
word: trieterical
sense: 4-year
word: quadrennium
sense: 4-year
word: quadrennial
sense: 5-year
word: quinquennium
sense: 5-year
word: quinquenniad
sense: 5-year
word: quintennium
sense: 5-year
word: quinquennial
sense: 5-year
word: quintennial
sense: 6-year
word: sexennium
sense: 6-year
word: sexennial
sense: 7-year
word: septennium
sense: 7-year
word: septennial
sense: 7-year
word: septennary
sense: 7-year
word: septenniad
sense: 7-year
word: septenary
sense: 7-year
word: septenarian
sense: 7-year
word: septennian
sense: 7-year
word: septennual
sense: 8-year
word: octennium
sense: 8-year
word: octaeteris
sense: 8-year
word: octennial
sense: 8-year
word: octaeteric
sense: 9-year
word: novennium
sense: 9-year
word: novennial
sense: 9-year
word: enneaeteric
sense: 9-year
word: enneatic
sense: 10-year
word: decade
sense: 10-year
word: decennium
sense: 10-year
word: decadal
sense: 10-year
word: decennial
sense: 17-year
word: septendecennial
sense: 19-year
word: enneadecaeteris
word: tender years doctrine
sense: 20-year
word: vicennium
sense: 20-year
word: vicennial
sense: 30-year
word: tricennium
sense: 30-year
word: tricennial
sense: 100-year
word: century
sense: 100-year
word: yearhundred
sense: 100-year
word: centennial
sense: 100-year
word: centenary
sense: 100-year
word: centuried
sense: 200-year
word: bicentennial
sense: 200-year
word: bicentenary
sense: 300-year
word: tricentennial
sense: 300-year
word: tricentenary tercentennial
sense: 300-year
word: tercentenary
sense: 1000-year
word: millennium
sense: 1000-year
alt: kyr
word: kiloyear
sense: 1000-year
word: yearthousand
sense: 1000-year
word: millennial
sense: 3000-year
word: termillenary
sense: 10 000-year
word: decamillennium
sense: 100 000-year
word: centimillennium
sense: 1 000 000-year
alt: Myr
word: megayear
sense: 1 000 000-year
english: Ma
translation: Ma
word: mega-annum
sense: 1 000 000-year
word: millionennium
sense: 1 000 000 000-year
alt: Gyr
word: gigayear
sense: 1 000 000 000-year
alt: Ga
word: gigannum
word: anomalistic year
word: Gaussian year
word: lunar year
word: sidereal year
word: Sothic year