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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.
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It's always embarrassing when mistaking ''years'' for ''hours'' in conversation, but it happens...
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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>].   
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Related Greek '''''hōra''''' <span style="font-size:83%;color:#037;">1) year, season, any part of a year; '''and''' 2) any part of a day, hour</span> <span style="font-size:70%;">(to which both English words are <span style="color:#AAA;">distantly</span> related)</span> is of ''no help at all'' in getting this sorted in anyone's head.
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<span style="font-size:75%;color:gray;">></span>^ᵕ^<span style="font-size:75%;color:gray;"><</span>
  
 
==Derived words==
 
==Derived words==
 
*yearly: annual
 
*yearly: annual
*year-long:  lasting ''for'' or ''throughout'' the year  <span style="font-size:65%;">qui dure ''pendant une'' ou ''le long de l''' année</span>
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*year-long:  lasting ''for'' or ''throughout'' the year  <span style="font-size:75%;">qui dure ''pendant une'' ou ''tout au long de l''' année</span>
 
*yearling (1-year-old animal)
 
*yearling (1-year-old animal)
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*of [https://www.etymonline.com/word/yore yore]:  of years gone by
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 2 May 2020

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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...

maybe because of the similarity between English hour [aʊəʳ], French jour [ʒuʁ] and English year [jɜːr].

Related Greek hōra 1) year, season, any part of a year; and 2) any part of a day, hour (to which both English words are distantly related) is of no help at all in getting this sorted in anyone's head.

>^ᵕ^<

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)
  • of yore: of years gone by