"yearday" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: yeardays [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ȝereday, ȝerdai (“anniversary”), from Old English *ġēardæġ (found in plural ġēardagas (“days of yore”)), from Proto-West Germanic *jāradag (“anniversary day”), equivalent to year + day. Cognate with West Frisian jierdei (“birthday”), Dutch jaardag (“birthday”), German Jahrtag (“anniversary”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ȝereday}} Middle English ȝereday, {{m|enm|ȝerdai||anniversary}} ȝerdai (“anniversary”), {{inh|en|ang|*ġēardæġ}} Old English *ġēardæġ, {{m|ang|ġēardagas||days of yore}} ġēardagas (“days of yore”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jāradag|t=anniversary day}} Proto-West Germanic *jāradag (“anniversary day”), {{com|en|year|day}} year + day, {{cog|fy|jierdei|t=birthday}} West Frisian jierdei (“birthday”), {{cog|nl|jaardag|t=birthday}} Dutch jaardag (“birthday”), {{cog|de|Jahrtag|t=anniversary}} German Jahrtag (“anniversary”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yearday (plural yeardays)
  1. Synonym of anniversary, a day occurring in a yearly cycle, particularly Synonyms: anniversary [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-yearday-en-noun-6WX37VqA
  2. Synonym of anniversary, a day occurring in a yearly cycle, particularly
    (dated) Synonym of deathday or (Christianity) year's mind, the anniversary of a person's death, particularly as observed with a requiem mass or other commemoration.
    Tags: dated Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: deathday or [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-yearday-en-noun-Fcr638ZR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 74 21
  3. (mathematics) Synonym of day in relation to idealized computations of the year. Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: day in relation to idealized computations of the year [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-yearday-en-noun-qKVMufuo Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: year-day, year day, year's day

Inflected forms

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