Difference between revisions of "Year"
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'''365 days'''. (except in a leap year, which has an extra day) | '''365 days'''. (except in a leap year, which has an extra day) | ||
| − | It's always embarrassing when mistaking | + | It's always embarrassing when mistaking ''years'' for ''hours'' in conversation, but it happens. (Maybe because of the similarity between English ''hour'' [<span style="color:#080;">aʊəʳ</span>], French ''jour'' [<span style="color:#080;">ʒuʁ</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. |
==Derived words== | ==Derived words== | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 2 May 2020
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. (Maybe because of the similarity between English hour [aʊəʳ], French jour [ʒuʁ] 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)
