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==Noun==
 
==Noun==
 
:UK: <span style="color:#080;">jɪə(r)</span>, <span style="color:#080;">jɜː(r)</span>
 
:UK: <span style="color:#080;">jɪə(r)</span>, <span style="color:#080;">jɜː(r)</span>
 
:US: <span style="color:#080;">jɪr</span>
 
:US: <span style="color:#080;">jɪr</span>
  
365 days.  (except in a leap year which has 366 days)
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'''365 days'''.  (except in a leap year which has 366 days)
  
It's always embarrassing when one mistakes "years" for "days" in conversation, which is easy enough to do because of the similarity betwwen "jour" [<span style="color:#080;">ʒu:ʁ</span>) and English ''year'' [<span style="color:#080;">jɜːr</span>].  Related Greek hōra "year, season, any part of a year," also "any part of a day, hour;" is of no help in getting this straight.  You just have to remember -di = day.
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It's always embarrassing when mistaking "years" for "days" in conversation, but it happens (perhaps because of the similarity betwwen "jour" [<span style="color:#080;">ʒu:ʁ</span>) and English ''year'' [<span style="color:#080;">jɜːr</span>]).  Related Greek hōra "year, season, any part of a year," also "any part of a day, hour;" is of no help in getting this straight.  You just have to remember ''-di'' = day.
  
 
==Derived words==
 
==Derived words==

Revision as of 16:20, 2 May 2020

Walrus Cows and Yearlings on Ice

Noun

UK: jɪə(r), jɜː(r)
US: jɪr

365 days. (except in a leap year which has 366 days)

It's always embarrassing when mistaking "years" for "days" in conversation, but it happens (perhaps because of the similarity betwwen "jour" [ʒu:ʁ) and English year [jɜːr]). Related Greek hōra "year, season, any part of a year," also "any part of a day, hour;" is of no help in getting this straight. You just have to remember -di = day.

Derived words

  • yearly: annual
  • year-long: lasting for or throughout the year qui dure pendant une ou le long de l' année
  • yearling (1-year-old animal)