"leap year" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈliːp ˌjɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlip ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-leap year.wav [General-American] Forms: leap years [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *yóh₁r̥ From Late Middle English lepe-yer, lep-yer (“year with 366 days, leap year”), from lep, lepe (“act of jumping, jump, leap”) (from Old English hlīep, hlȳp, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewp- (“to spring; to stumble”)) + yer (“calendrical unit based on a complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun, year”) (from Old English ġēar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”)). The English term is analysable as leap (noun) + year, and possibly relates to the phenomenon that any fixed date of a 365-day calendar advances one weekday each year but every date of a 366-day year after February 29 (often seen as the leap day) advances by two weekdays instead. For example, Christmas (December 25) fell on a Saturday in 2004, a Sunday in 2005, a Monday in 2006, and a Tuesday in 2007 but then “leapt” over Wednesday to fall on a Thursday in 2008 which was a leap year. Compare also Old English mōnan hlȳp (“moon’s leap”) and Medieval Latin saltus lūnae (literally “leap moon”), an additional day added every 19 years (a Metonic cycle) to bring the lunar and solar calendars into alignment. cognates * Old Norse hlaup-ár (“leap year”) Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*yóh₁r̥}} *yóh₁r̥, {{PIE word|en|yóh₁r̥}} PIE word *yóh₁r̥, {{root|en|ine-pro|*klewp-}}, {{inh|en|enm|lepe-yer}} Middle English lepe-yer, {{m|enm|lep-yer|t=year with 366 days, leap year}} lep-yer (“year with 366 days, leap year”), {{m|enm|lep}} lep, {{m|enm|lepe|t=act of jumping, jump, leap}} lepe (“act of jumping, jump, leap”), {{inh|en|ang|hlīep}} Old English hlīep, {{m|ang|hlȳp}} hlȳp, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*klewp-|t=to spring; to stumble}} Proto-Indo-European *klewp- (“to spring; to stumble”), {{m|enm|yer|t=calendrical unit based on a complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun, year}} yer (“calendrical unit based on a complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun, year”), {{inh|en|ang|ġēar}} Old English ġēar, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*yóh₁r̥|t=year}} Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”), {{compound|en|leap|year|notext=1|pos1=noun|type=exocentric}} leap (noun) + year, {{noncog|ang|mōnan hlȳp|t=moon’s leap}} Old English mōnan hlȳp (“moon’s leap”), {{noncog|ML.|saltus lūnae|lit=leap moon}} Medieval Latin saltus lūnae (literally “leap moon”), {{cog|non|hlaup-ár|t=leap year}} Old Norse hlaup-ár (“leap year”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} leap year (plural leap years)
  1. A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year. Categories (topical): Calendar, Years Synonyms: bissext, bissextile, bissextile year, intercalary year, leapyear Meronyms: bissextile month, leap day, leap second Coordinate_terms: common year Translations (year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February): skrikkeljaar (Afrikaans), سَنَة كَبِيسَة (alt: sana(t) kabīsa) (Arabic), bloavezh bizeost [masculine] (Breton), високосна година (visokosna godina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ရက်ထပ်နှစ် (rakhtaphnac) (Burmese), any bixest [masculine] (Catalan), any bissextil [masculine] (Catalan), any de traspàs [masculine] (Catalan), 閏年 (Chinese Mandarin), 闰年 (rùnnián) (Chinese Mandarin), bledhen lamm (Cornish), přestupný rok [masculine] (Czech), skudår [neuter] (Danish), schrikkeljaar [neuter] (Dutch), superjaro (Esperanto), liigaasta (Estonian), leypár [neuter] (Faroese), karkausvuosi (Finnish), année bissextile [feminine] (French), ნაკიანი წელი (naḳiani c̣eli) (Georgian), ნაკიანი წელიწადი (naḳiani c̣elic̣adi) (Georgian), Schaltjahr [neuter] (German), δίσεκτο έτος (dísekto étos) [neuter] (Greek), שנה מעוברת (shaná meubéret) [masculine] (Hebrew), अधिवर्ष (adhivarṣ) (Hindi), लीप वर्ष (līp varṣ) (Hindi), szökőév (Hungarian), hlaupár [neuter] (Icelandic), bisextila yaro (Ido), tahun kabisat (Indonesian), anno bissextil (Interlingua), bliain bhisigh [feminine] (Irish), anno bisestile [masculine] (Italian), 閏年 (alt: じゅんねん, junnen; うるうどし, urūdoshi) (Japanese), ឆ្នាំបង្គ្រប់ (chnam bɑɑbɑngkrup) (Khmer), 윤년 (yunnyeon) (alt: 閏年) (Korean), ປີອະທິກະສຸລະທິນ (pī ʼa thi ka su la thin) (Lao), keliamieji metai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), Schaltjoer [neuter] (Luxembourgish), престапна година (prestapna godina) [feminine] (Macedonian), tahun lompat (Malay), sena biżestili (Maltese), tahun kabisat (Minangkabau), өндөр жил (öndör žil) (Mongolian), année bissextile [feminine] (Norman), skottår [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skuddår [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skotår [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skottår [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), د کبيسې کال [masculine] (Pashto), سال انباشته (sâl-e anbâšte) (Persian), سال کبیسه (sâl-e kabise) (Persian), Schaultjoa [neuter] (Plautdietsch), rok przestępny [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), ano bissexto [masculine] (Portuguese), an bisect [masculine] (Romanian), an bisectil [masculine] (Romanian), високо́сный год (visokósnyj god) [masculine] (Russian), puna ifo tausaga (Samoan), bliadhna-leum [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), преступна го̏дина) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prestupna gȍdina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prijestupna gȍdina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), priestupný rok [masculine] (Slovak), prestopno leto [neuter] (Slovene), кату јыл (katu ǰïl) (Southern Altai), año bisiesto [masculine] (Spanish), bisiesto [masculine] (Spanish), skottår [neuter] (Swedish), taong bisyesto (Tagalog), соли кабиса (soli kabisa) (Tajik), ปีอธิกมาส (Thai), ปีอธิกสุรทิน (Thai), artık yıl (Turkish), пере́ступний рік (peréstupnyj rik) [dated] (Ukrainian), високо́сний рік (vysokósnyj rik) [masculine] (Ukrainian), سال کبیسہ (sāl-e kabīsā) (Urdu), năm nhuận (Vietnamese), năm nhuần (Vietnamese), tuig bisyesto (Waray-Waray), blwyddyn naid (Welsh), עיבור־יאָר (iber-yor) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-leap_year-en-noun-uFsruI7b Disambiguation of Calendar: 58 42 Disambiguation of Years: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February': 92 8
  2. (loosely) Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year. Tags: broadly Translations (any other year featuring intercalation): karkausvuosi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-leap_year-en-noun-BO4iCj-B Categories (other): English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'any other year featuring intercalation': 25 75

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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
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          "roman": "rùnnián",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
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          "word": "přestupný rok"
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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "superjaro"
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "liigaasta"
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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "naḳiani c̣eli",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "ნაკიანი წელი"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "naḳiani c̣elic̣adi",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "ნაკიანი წელიწადი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Schaltjahr"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dísekto étos",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "δίσεκτο έτος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shaná meubéret",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שנה מעוברת"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "adhivarṣ",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "अधिवर्ष"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "līp varṣ",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "लीप वर्ष"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "szökőév"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hlaupár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "bisextila yaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "tahun kabisat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "anno bissextil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bliain bhisigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "alt": "じゅんねん, junnen; うるうどし, urūdoshi",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "閏年"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "chnam bɑɑbɑngkrup",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "ឆ្នាំបង្គ្រប់"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yunnyeon",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "윤년"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pī ʼa thi ka su la thin",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "ປີອະທິກະສຸລະທິນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "keliamieji metai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Schaltjoer"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prestapna godina",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "престапна година"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "tahun lompat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "sena biżestili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "min",
          "lang": "Minangkabau",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "tahun kabisat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "öndör žil",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "өндөр жил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "année bissextile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skottår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skuddår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skotår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skottår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "د کبيسې کال"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sâl-e anbâšte",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "سال انباشته"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Schaultjoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rok przestępny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ano bissexto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "an bisect"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "an bisectil"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "високо́сный год"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "puna ifo tausaga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bliadhna-leum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "преступна го̏дина)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prestupna gȍdina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prijestupna gȍdina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "priestupný rok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "prestopno leto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "katu ǰïl",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "кату јыл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "año bisiesto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skottår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "taong bisyesto"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "соли кабиса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "ปีอธิกมาส"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "ปีอธิกสุรทิน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "artık yıl"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "peréstupnyj rik",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "vysokósnyj rik",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "sāl-e kabīsā",
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          "word": "سال کبیسہ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "năm nhuận"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "năm nhuần"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "war",
          "lang": "Waray-Waray",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "tuig bisyesto"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
          "word": "blwyddyn naid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "עיבור־יאָר"
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      },
      "expansion": "yer (“calendrical unit based on a complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun, year”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġēar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġēar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*yóh₁r̥",
        "t": "year"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "leap",
        "3": "year",
        "notext": "1",
        "pos1": "noun",
        "type": "exocentric"
      },
      "expansion": "leap (noun) + year",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mōnan hlȳp",
        "t": "moon’s leap"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mōnan hlȳp (“moon’s leap”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ML.",
        "2": "saltus lūnae",
        "lit": "leap moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin saltus lūnae (literally “leap moon”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hlaup-ár",
        "t": "leap year"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hlaup-ár (“leap year”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *yóh₁r̥\nFrom Late Middle English lepe-yer, lep-yer (“year with 366 days, leap year”), from lep, lepe (“act of jumping, jump, leap”) (from Old English hlīep, hlȳp, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewp- (“to spring; to stumble”)) + yer (“calendrical unit based on a complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun, year”) (from Old English ġēar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”)). The English term is analysable as leap (noun) + year, and possibly relates to the phenomenon that any fixed date of a 365-day calendar advances one weekday each year but every date of a 366-day year after February 29 (often seen as the leap day) advances by two weekdays instead. For example, Christmas (December 25) fell on a Saturday in 2004, a Sunday in 2005, a Monday in 2006, and a Tuesday in 2007 but then “leapt” over Wednesday to fall on a Thursday in 2008 which was a leap year.\nCompare also Old English mōnan hlȳp (“moon’s leap”) and Medieval Latin saltus lūnae (literally “leap moon”), an additional day added every 19 years (a Metonic cycle) to bring the lunar and solar calendars into alignment.\ncognates\n* Old Norse hlaup-ár (“leap year”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leap years",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leap year (plural leap years)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "word": "bissextile month"
    },
    {
      "word": "leap day"
    },
    {
      "word": "leap second"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1842, “CALENDAR”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. […], 7th edition, volume VI, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, →OCLC, page 5, column 2",
          "text": "The additional day which occurred every fourth year [after the Julian Reform] was given to February, as being the shortest month, and was inserted in the calendar between the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth day. February having then twenty-nine days, the twenty-fifth was the sixth of the calends of March, sexto calendas; the preceding, which was the additional or intercalary day, was called bis-sexto calendas, hence the term bissextile, which is still employed to distinguish the year of 366 days. The English denomination of Leap-Year would have been more appropriate if that year had differed from common years in defect, and contained only 364 days. In the ecclesiastical calendar the intercalary day is still placed between the 24th and 25th of February; in the civil calendar it is the 29th.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year."
      ],
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          "year"
        ],
        [
          "Julian",
          "Julian calendar"
        ],
        [
          "Gregorian calendar",
          "Gregorian calendar"
        ],
        [
          "intercalary",
          "intercalary#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "added",
          "add#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "February",
          "February"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "adjust",
          "adjust"
        ],
        [
          "extra",
          "extra#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ],
        [
          "solar year",
          "solar year"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bissext"
        },
        {
          "word": "bissextile"
        },
        {
          "word": "bissextile year"
        },
        {
          "word": "intercalary year"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "featuring",
          "feature#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "intercalation",
          "intercalation"
        ],
        [
          "lunisolar calendar",
          "lunisolar calendar"
        ],
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "alignment",
          "alignment"
        ],
        [
          "seasons",
          "season#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(loosely) Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈliːp ˌjɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlip ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "leapyear"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "skrikkeljaar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "sana(t) kabīsa",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "سَنَة كَبِيسَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloavezh bizeost"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "visokosna godina",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "високосна година"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "rakhtaphnac",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "ရက်ထပ်နှစ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "any bixest"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "any bissextil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "any de traspàs"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "閏年"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rùnnián",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "闰年"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "bledhen lamm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přestupný rok"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skudår"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "schrikkeljaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "superjaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "liigaasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leypár"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "karkausvuosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "année bissextile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naḳiani c̣eli",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "ნაკიანი წელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naḳiani c̣elic̣adi",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "ნაკიანი წელიწადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schaltjahr"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dísekto étos",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δίσεκτο έτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shaná meubéret",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שנה מעוברת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhivarṣ",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "अधिवर्ष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "līp varṣ",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "लीप वर्ष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "szökőév"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hlaupár"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "bisextila yaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "tahun kabisat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "anno bissextil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bliain bhisigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anno bisestile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅんねん, junnen; うるうどし, urūdoshi",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "閏年"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chnam bɑɑbɑngkrup",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "ឆ្នាំបង្គ្រប់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "閏年",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yunnyeon",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "윤년"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pī ʼa thi ka su la thin",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "ປີອະທິກະສຸລະທິນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "keliamieji metai"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schaltjoer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prestapna godina",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "престапна година"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "tahun lompat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "sena biżestili"
    },
    {
      "code": "min",
      "lang": "Minangkabau",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "tahun kabisat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "öndör žil",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "өндөр жил"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "année bissextile"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skottår"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skuddår"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skotår"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skottår"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "د کبيسې کال"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâl-e anbâšte",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "سال انباشته"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâl-e kabise",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "سال کبیسه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schaultjoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rok przestępny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ano bissexto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an bisect"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an bisectil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "visokósnyj god",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "високо́сный год"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "puna ifo tausaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bliadhna-leum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "преступна го̏дина)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prestupna gȍdina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prijestupna gȍdina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "priestupný rok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prestopno leto"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "katu ǰïl",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "кату јыл"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "año bisiesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisiesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skottår"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "taong bisyesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "soli kabisa",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "соли кабиса"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "ปีอธิกมาส"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "ปีอธิกสุรทิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "artık yıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peréstupnyj rik",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "пере́ступний рік"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vysokósnyj rik",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "високо́сний рік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sāl-e kabīsā",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "سال کبیسہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "năm nhuận"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "năm nhuần"
    },
    {
      "code": "war",
      "lang": "Waray-Waray",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "tuig bisyesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "word": "blwyddyn naid"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "iber-yor",
      "sense": "year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "עיבור־יאָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any other year featuring intercalation",
      "word": "karkausvuosi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leap year"
}

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