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:US: <span style="color:#080;">jɪr</span>
 
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'''365 days'''.  (except in a leap year which has 366 days)
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'''365 days'''.  (except in a leap year, which has an extra day)
  
 
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.   
 
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.   

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Noun

UK: jɪə(r), jɜː(r)
US: jɪr

365 days. (except in a leap year, which has an extra day)

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.

Derived words

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