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intercalary

adjective

Having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:

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Word Facts

Word length
11
Starts with
I
Ends with
Y
Contains
NT
Scrabble score
16

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˌɪnt.ɚˈkæl.ɚ.i

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Definitions

adjective

  1. Having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:

    “A leap year is an intercalary year”

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Example Sentences

A leap year is an intercalary year

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