"intercalary" meaning in English

See intercalary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪnt.ɚˈkæl.ɚ.i/ [US], /ɪnˈtɝː.kə.lɛɹ.i/ [US] Audio: en-us-intercalary.ogg , en-us-intercalary-2.ogg
Etymology: From Latin intercalārius, from intercalāris, from intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₁-}}, {{uder|en|la|intercalārius}} Latin intercalārius Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} intercalary (not comparable)
  1. Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Calendar Translations (of a time period, inserted between others): كَبِيس (kabīs) (Arabic), ܟܒܝܫ (kabbīš) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), вмъкнат (vmǎknat) (Bulgarian), intercalar (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (rùn) (Chinese Mandarin), přestupný (Czech), intercalaire (French), compound with Schalt- (German), (urū) (Japanese), przestępny [masculine] (Polish), високо́сный (visokósnyj) (Russian), пре́ступнӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), préstupnī [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), intercalado (Spanish), అధికమాసము (adhikamāsamu) (Telugu), nhuận (Vietnamese)
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  2. (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things
    (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
    Tags: broadly, not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany, Sciences
    Sense id: en-intercalary-en-adj-EteyUKuD Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 18 10 6 32 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things
    (entomology) of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
    Tags: broadly, not-comparable Categories (topical): Entomology, Sciences
    Sense id: en-intercalary-en-adj--CtJXgrZ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 18 10 6 32 Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences, sciences
  4. (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things Tags: broadly, not-comparable Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-intercalary-en-adj-4qg2JJ6Z Topics: sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intercalarily, intercalary meristem Related terms: intercalate, intercalation

Noun

IPA: /ˌɪnt.ɚˈkæl.ɚ.i/ [US], /ɪnˈtɝː.kə.lɛɹ.i/ [US] Audio: en-us-intercalary.ogg , en-us-intercalary-2.ogg Forms: intercalaries [plural]
Etymology: From Latin intercalārius, from intercalāris, from intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₁-}}, {{uder|en|la|intercalārius}} Latin intercalārius Head templates: {{en-noun|intercalaries}} intercalary (plural intercalaries)
  1. Such a time period Categories (topical): Calendar Related terms: bissextile, bissextile month, bissextile year, leap year, leap day
    Sense id: en-intercalary-en-noun-hHmWgBsK Disambiguation of Calendar: 43 5 2 2 48 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 18 10 6 32

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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