"yesteryear" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjɛstəjɪə/ [UK], /ˈjɛstərjɪər/ [US], /ˈjestəjøː/ [General-South-African], /ˈjɛstəjɜː/ (note: Wales, other regions) Audio: En-us-yesteryear.ogg [US] Forms: yesteryears [plural]
Etymology: Compound of yester- + year. Coined by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1869 in his translation "Ballad Of Dead Ladies", to translate Middle French antan (“last year”) (in Ballad 1 of François Villon's Testament). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|yester|year}} yester- + year, {{coin|en|Dante Gabriel Rossetti|in=1869|nobycat=1}} Coined by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1869, {{noncog|frm|antan||last year}} Middle French antan (“last year”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yesteryear (countable and uncountable, plural yesteryears)
  1. (poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore. Tags: countable, poetic, uncountable Categories (topical): Past Synonyms (time gone by): foretime Translations (times gone by): antany (Catalan), weleer [neuter] (Dutch), voorbije [neuter] (Dutch), verleden [neuter] (Dutch), menneet vuodet (Finnish), jadis (French), antan (French), einst (German), κάποτε (kápote) [neuter] (Greek), παλιά (paliá) (Greek), olim (Ido), passato [masculine] (Italian), raurangi (Maori), outrora (Portuguese), antaño (Spanish), мину́вшина (mynúvšyna) (Ukrainian), мину́ле (mynúle) [neuter] (Ukrainian), xưa (Vietnamese), thời xưa (Vietnamese), ngày xưa (Vietnamese), llynedd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-yesteryear-en-noun-kmKS2YoQ Disambiguation of Past: 100 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with yester- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with yester-: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'time gone by': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'times gone by': 100 0
  2. (rare) Last year. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Translations (last year — see also last year): πέρυσι (pérusi) (Ancient Greek), հերու (heru) (Armenian), iaz (Basque), лани (lani) (Bulgarian), antany [masculine] (Catalan), loni (Czech), i fjor (Danish), gisterjaar [neuter] (Dutch), í fjør (Faroese), mennyt vuosi (Finnish), année passée (French), an passé (French), année dernière (French), an dernier (French), Vorjahr [neuter] (German), πέρυσι (pérysi) [neuter] (Greek), אשתקד (eshtakád) (Hebrew), tavaly (Hungarian), í fyrra (Icelandic), anuraidh (Irish), anno scorso (Italian), 去年 (Kyonen) (Japanese), 작년 (jangnyeon) (Korean), pērn (Latvian), pērngad (Latvian), Vörjohr [German-Low-German, neuter] (Low German), tauhouanga (Maori), tauhounga (Maori), vert (Middle High German), i fjor (Norwegian), հերու (heru) (Old Armenian), fjǫrð (Old Norse), fiordh (Old Swedish), دیسال (disâl) (Persian), ano passado [masculine] (Portuguese), antanho [masculine] (Portuguese), в прошлом году (v prošlom godu) (Russian), परुत् (parut) (Sanskrit), lani (Serbo-Croatian), лани (Serbo-Croatian), vlani (Slovak), láni (Slovene), antaño [masculine] (Spanish), año pasado [masculine] (Spanish), i fjol (Swedish), i fjor (Swedish), bıldır (Turkish), торі́к (torík) (Ukrainian), мину́лого ро́ку (mynúloho róku) (Ukrainian), llynedd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-yesteryear-en-noun-v9bGIWxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'last year — see also last year': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yestertide, the past, yester-year Derived forms: where are the snows of yesteryear Related terms: yesterday, bygone

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          "code": "eu",
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          "word": "iaz"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "loni"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "i fjor"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gisterjaar"
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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "í fjør"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "mennyt vuosi"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "année passée"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "an passé"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "année dernière"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "an dernier"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Vorjahr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pérysi",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πέρυσι"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pérusi",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "πέρυσι"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "eshtakád",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "אשתקד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "tavaly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "í fyrra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "anuraidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "anno scorso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Kyonen",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "去年"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jangnyeon",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "작년"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "pērn"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "pērngad"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
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          "word": "Vörjohr"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "tauhouanga"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "tauhounga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "gmh",
          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "vert"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "i fjor"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "fjǫrð"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "gmq-osw",
          "lang": "Old Swedish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "fiordh"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "disâl",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "دیسال"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ano passado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "antanho"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v prošlom godu",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "в прошлом году"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "parut",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "परुत्"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "lani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "лани"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "vlani"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "láni"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
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          "word": "antaño"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
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          "word": "año pasado"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "i fjol"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "i fjor"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "bıldır"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "torík",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "торі́к"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mynúloho róku",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "word": "мину́лого ро́ку"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "last year — see also last year",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "llynedd"
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      "word": "yestertide"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "the past"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "yester-year"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "François Villon"
  ],
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}
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    "English terms prefixed with yester-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "where are the snows of yesteryear"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "2023 August 23, Pip Dunn, “The last bastion of the HST 'Castles'”, in RAIL, number 990, page 49",
          "text": "After passing Starcross and then the new […] Marsh Barton station, we soon arrive at the delightful Exeter St Davids station, which still retains much of its charm and GWR character of yesteryear.",
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        "poetic",
        "uncountable"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        "Last year."
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        "(rare) Last year."
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        "uncountable"
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      "ipa": "/ˈjɛstəjɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈjɛstərjɪər/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestəjøː/",
      "tags": [
        "General-South-African"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɛstəjɜː/",
      "note": "Wales, other regions"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "time gone by",
      "word": "foretime"
    },
    {
      "word": "yestertide"
    },
    {
      "word": "the past"
    },
    {
      "word": "yester-year"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "antany"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "weleer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorbije"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "menneet vuodet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "jadis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "antan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "einst"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kápote",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κάποτε"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paliá",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "παλιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "olim"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passato"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "raurangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "outrora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "antaño"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mynúvšyna",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "мину́вшина"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mynúle",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мину́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "xưa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "thời xưa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "word": "ngày xưa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "times gone by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llynedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "heru",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "հերու"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "heru",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "հերու"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "iaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lani",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "лани"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antany"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "loni"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "i fjor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gisterjaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "í fjør"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "mennyt vuosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "année passée"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "an passé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "année dernière"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "an dernier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorjahr"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pérysi",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πέρυσι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pérusi",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "πέρυσι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "eshtakád",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "אשתקד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "tavaly"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "í fyrra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "anuraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "anno scorso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kyonen",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "去年"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jangnyeon",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "작년"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "pērn"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "pērngad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vörjohr"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "tauhouanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "tauhounga"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmh",
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "vert"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "i fjor"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "fjǫrð"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmq-osw",
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "fiordh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "disâl",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "دیسال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ano passado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antanho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v prošlom godu",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "в прошлом году"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "parut",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "परुत्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "lani"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "лани"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "vlani"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "láni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antaño"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "año pasado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "i fjol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "i fjor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "bıldır"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "torík",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "торі́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mynúloho róku",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "word": "мину́лого ро́ку"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "last year — see also last year",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llynedd"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "François Villon"
  ],
  "word": "yesteryear"
}

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