anniversary
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).
Inflected forms:
form: anniversaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
pos: noun
examples: Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
gloss: A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
pos: noun
tags: especially
examples: We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
gloss: A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: The occasion was the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 8 coup that brought General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores to power.
In a thinly veiled threat to Saddam Hussein, President George Bush marked the six-month anniversary of September 11th by reiterating America's commitment to prevent rogue countries obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
Jonathon proposed to his [Jess's] mom on their three-month anniversary of meeting and married her on their fourth.
Synonyms: anniv
yearday
yeartide
Derived words: annish
anniversarian
anniversarily
anniversariness
anniversary clock
anniversary day
birthaversary
blogiversary
dateaversary
decaversary
diamond anniversary
friendiversary
golden anniversary
manniversary
meetaversary
mensiversary
monthiversary
monthsary
paper anniversary
platinum anniversary
ruby anniversary
silver anniversary
tin anniversary
tranniversary
veganniversary
weekiversary
wood anniversary
wooden anniversary
workiversary
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: herdenking
lang: Albanian
word: përvjetor
lang: Southern Altai
word: јылдык
roman: ǰïldïk
lang: Arabic
word: عِيد سَنَوِيّ
roman: ʕīd sanawiyy
lang: Arabic
word: يُوبِيل
roman: yūbīl
lang: Armenian
word: տարեդարձ
roman: taredarj
lang: Armenian
word: հոբելյան
roman: hobelyan
lang: Armenian
word: տարելից
roman: tarelicʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ildönümü
lang: Basque
word: urteurrena
lang: Belarusian
word: гадаві́на
roman: hadavína
lang: Belarusian
word: юбіле́й
roman: jubiljéj
lang: Belarusian
word: ро́чніца
roman: róčnica
lang: Bulgarian
word: юбиле́й
roman: jubiléj
lang: Bulgarian
word: годи́шнина
roman: godíšnina
lang: Burmese
word: နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့
roman: hnacpatlanyne.
lang: Catalan
word: aniversari
lang: Cebuano
word: anibersaryo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 週年 /周年
roman: zhōunián
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紀念日 /纪念日
roman: jìniànrì
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: yıldönüm
lang: Czech
word: výročí
lang: Danish
word: årsdag
lang: Dutch
word: jubileum
lang: Esperanto
word: datreveno
lang: Estonian
word: aastapäev
lang: Finnish
word: vuosipäivä
lang: French
word: anniversaire
lang: Friulian
word: inovâl
lang: Friulian
word: aniversari
lang: Galician
word: aniversario
lang: Georgian
word: წლისთავი
roman: c̣listavi
lang: Georgian
word: დაბადების დღე
roman: dabadebis dɣe
lang: German
word: Jahrestag
lang: German
word: Jubiläum
lang: Greek
word: επέτειος
roman: epéteios
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐνιαυτός
roman: eniautós
lang: Haitian Creole
word: anivèsè
lang: Hindi
word: वर्षगाँठ
roman: varṣagā̃ṭh
lang: Hindi
word: जयंती
roman: jayantī
lang: Hindi
word: सालगिरह
roman: sālgirah
lang: Hungarian
word: évforduló
lang: Hungarian
word: születésnap
lang: Icelandic
word: afmæli
lang: Icelandic
word: dánarafmæli
lang: Icelandic
word: ártíð
lang: Icelandic
word: dánardægur
lang: Ido
word: aniversario
lang: Indonesian
word: hari ulang tahun
lang: Indonesian
word: ulang tahun
lang: Irish
word: cothrom an lae
lang: Italian
word: anniversario
lang: Japanese
word: 記念日
roman: kinenbi
lang: Japanese
word: 周年
roman: shūnen
lang: Japanese
word: アニバーサリー
roman: anibāsarī
lang: Kannada
word: ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ
roman: vārṣikōtsava
lang: Kapampangan
word: caialdauan
lang: Kapampangan
word: caialdauanan
lang: Kapampangan
word: kayaldawan
lang: Kapampangan
word: kayaldawanan
lang: Kapampangan
word: anibersaryu
lang: Karelian
word: vuozipäivy
lang: Kazakh
word: мерейтой
roman: mereitoi
lang: Kazakh
word: жылдық
roman: jyldyq
lang: Khmer
word: ថ្ងៃខួប
roman: thngay khuəp
lang: Korean
word: 기념일
roman: ginyeomil
lang: Korean
word: 주년
roman: junyeon
lang: Korean
word: 기념제
roman: ginyeomje
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ساڵوەگەڕ
roman: sallwegerr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: salveger
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: salroj
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жылдык
roman: jıldık
lang: Lao
word: ວັນຄົບຮອບປີເກີດ
roman: wan khop hǭp pī kœ̄t
lang: Lao
word: ຄົບຮອບ
roman: khop hǭp
lang: Latin
word: natalis
lang: Latvian
word: gadadiena
lang: Latvian
word: jubileja
lang: Lithuanian
word: jubiliejus
lang: Lithuanian
word: metinės
lang: Macedonian
word: годишнина
roman: godišnina
lang: Malay
word: ulang tahun
lang: Maltese
word: anniversarju
lang: Manchu
word: ᠪᠠᡵᡠᠨ
roman: barun
lang: Māori
word: huritau
lang: Marathi
word: वाढदिवस
roman: vāḍhdivas
lang: Mongolian
word: ойн баяр
roman: ojn bajar
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: årsdag
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: jubileum
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: рочнїца
roman: ročnjica
lang: Pashto
word: سالګره
roman: sālgerah
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سالْگَرْد
roman: sâlgard
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سالْروز
roman: sâlruz
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Joaresdach
lang: Polish
word: rocznica
lang: Polish
word: aniwersarz
lang: Portuguese
word: aniversário
lang: Romanian
word: aniversare
lang: Russian
word: годовщи́на
roman: godovščína
lang: Russian
word: юбиле́й
roman: jubiléj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cuimhneachan bliadhnail
lang: Semai
word: ulag tahut
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: јубѝлеј
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: го̀дишњица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̀бљетница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jubìlej
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gòdišnjica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: òbljetnica
lang: Slovak
word: výročie
lang: Slovene
word: obletnica
lang: Spanish
word: aniversario
lang: Swahili
word: maadhimisho ya miaka
lang: Swedish
word: årsdag
lang: Tagalog
word: anibersaryo
lang: Tajik
word: солгард
roman: solgard
lang: Tajik
word: солона
roman: solona
lang: Tajik
word: солрӯз
roman: solrüz
lang: Thai
word: วันฉลองครบรอบ
roman: wan-chà-lɔ̌ɔng-króp-rɔ̂ɔp
lang: Thai
word: วันครบรอบปี
roman: wan-króp-rɔ̂ɔp-bpii
lang: Turkish
word: yıl dönümü
lang: Ukrainian
word: річни́ця
roman: ričnýcja
lang: Ukrainian
word: ювіле́й
roman: juviléj
lang: Urdu
word: سالْگِرَہْ
roman: sālgirah
lang: Uyghur
word: يىللىق
roman: yilliq
lang: Uzbek
word: yillik
lang: Vietnamese
word: ngày kỷ niệm
lang: Walloon
word: aniviersaire
lang: Welsh
word: cyfenw
lang: Welsh
word: pen-blwydd
lang: Yiddish
word: יאָרטאָג
roman: yortog