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1. (n.) leap year
(in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
2. leap year
a year in any calendar in which there are extra days or months.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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| Definition of 'leap year' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year
in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
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1. (noun) leap year
one year in every four in which February has 29 days instead of 28
2008 was a leap year.
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1. leap year
bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile
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Sense: every fourth year, which consists of 366 days, February having 29, ie 1996, 2000, 2004 etc.
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 Afrikaans: skrikkeljaar |
 Arabic: سَنَة كبيس |
 Bulgarian: високосна година |
 Brazilian: ano bissexto |
 Czech: přestupný rok |
 German: das Schaltjahr |
 Danish: skudår |
 Greek: δίσεκτο έτος |
 Spanish: año bisiesto |
 Estonian: liigaasta |
 Farsi: سال کبیسه |
 Finnish: karkausvuosi |
 French: année bissextile |
 Hebrew: שָׁנָה מְעוּבֶּרֶת |
 Hindi: अधिक वर्ष, चार वर्ष में ए |
 Croatian: prijestupna godina |
 Hungarian: szökőév |
 Indonesian: tahun kabisat |
 Icelandic: hlaupár |
 Italian: anno bisestile |
 Japanese: うるう年 |
 Korean: 윤년 |
 Lithuanian: keliamieji metai |
 Latvian: garais gads |
 Malay: tahun lompat |
 Dutch: schrikkeljaar |
 Norwegian: skuddår |
 Polish: rok przestępny |
 Persian: سال کبیسه |
 Pashto: كبيسه كال |
 Portuguese: ano bissexto |
 Romanian: an bisect |
 Russian: високосный год |
 Slovak: priestupný rok |
 Slovenian: prestopno leto |
 Serbian: prestupna godina |
 Swedish: skottår |
 Thai: ทุก ๆ 4 ปี |
 Turkish: artık yıl |
 Taiwanese: 閏年 |
 Ukrainian: високосний рік |
 Urdu: وہ سال جس میں 366 دن ہوتے |
 Vietnamese: năm nhuận |
 Chinese: 闰年 |
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