leap year

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [leep yeer]
- /lip yɪər/
- /liːp jɪə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [leep yeer]
- /lip yɪər/

Definitions of leap year words

noun leap year (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400. 1
noun leap year a year containing an extra day or extra month in any calendar. 1
noun leap year year: February has 29 days 1
countable noun leap year A leap year is a year which has 366 days. The extra day is the 29th February. There is a leap year every four years. 0
noun leap year a calendar year of 366 days, February 29 (leap day) being the additional day, that occurs every four years (those whose number is divisible by four) except for century years whose number is not divisible by 400. It offsets the difference between the length of the solar year (365.2422 days) and the calendar year of 365 days 0
noun leap year a year of 366 days in the Gregorian calendar, occurring every fourth year: the additional day, Feb. 29, makes up for the time lost annually when the approximate 3651⁄4-day cycle is computed as 365 days: a leap year is a year whose number is exactly divisible by 4, or, in case of the final year of a century, by 400 0

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Origin of leap year

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; Middle English lepe yere

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Parts of speech for Leap year

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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leap year popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% 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 leap year

noun leap year

defective 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 leap year