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intercalary

in·ter·ca·lar·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-tur-kuh-ler-ee, in-ter-kal-uh-ree]
    • /ɪnˈtɜr kəˌlɛr i, ˌɪn tərˈkæl ə ri/
    • /ɪn.ˈtɜːk.ə.lə.ri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-tur-kuh-ler-ee, in-ter-kal-uh-ree]
    • /ɪnˈtɜr kəˌlɛr i, ˌɪn tərˈkæl ə ri/

Definitions of intercalary word

  • adjective intercalary interpolated; interposed. 1
  • adjective intercalary inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day or month. 1
  • adjective intercalary having such an inserted day, month, etc., as a particular year. 1
  • noun intercalary (of a day or a month) inserted in the calendar to harmonize it with the solar year, e.g., February 29 in leap years. 1
  • adjective intercalary (of a day, month, etc) inserted in the calendar 0
  • adjective intercalary (of a particular year) having one or more days inserted 0
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Origin of intercalary

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Latin intercalārius, equivalent to intercal(āre) to intercalate + -ārius -ary

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Parts of speech for Intercalary

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Intercalary

intercalary popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% 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.

intercalary usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with intercalary

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Related words

  • adar sheni

    an extra month of the Jewish year, occurring about once every three years between Adar and Nisan

  • bissextus

    February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400, a rule introduced by the Gregorian calendar) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.

  • chinese calendar

    the former calendar of China, in which the year consisted of 12 lunar months with an intercalary month added seven times every 19 years to reconcile the lunar year of 354 days with the solar year of 365 days, time being reckoned in 60-year cycles with the first cycle dating from 2637 b.c.

  • common year

    an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.

  • intercalary meristem

    meristem in the internode of a stem.

  • revolutionary calendar

    the calendar of the French First Republic, adopted in 1793 and abandoned in 1805, consisting of 12 months, each of 30 days, and 5 intercalary days added at the end of the year (6 every fourth year). The months, beginning at the autumnal equinox, are Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, and Fructidor.
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