Difference between revisions of "Year"
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'''365 days'''. (except in a leap year which has 366 days) | '''365 days'''. (except in a leap year which has 366 days) | ||
| − | It's always embarrassing when mistaking "years" for " | + | It's always embarrassing when mistaking "years" for "hours" in conversation, but it happens (perhaps because of the similarity between English ''hour'' [<span style="color:#080;">aʊəʳ</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 at all''' in getting this sorted in anyone's head. |
You just have to remember ''-di'' = day. | You just have to remember ''-di'' = day. | ||
Revision as of 17:27, 2 May 2020
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 "hours" in conversation, but it happens (perhaps because of the similarity between English hour [aʊəʳ], 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 at all in getting this sorted in anyone's head.
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)
