common year

com·mon year

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kom-uh n yeer]
- /ˈkɒm ən yɪər/
- /ˈkɒmən jɪə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kom-uh n yeer]
- /ˈkɒm ən yɪər/

Definitions of common year words

noun common year an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period. 1
noun common year A year that is not a leap year. A 365-day year. 0

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Origin of common year

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Common year

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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common year popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for common year

noun common year

regular year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.

Just one Synonym for common year