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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'leap year' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions leap year noun  In the Gregorian calendar, a year having 366 days instead of the usual 365, with the extra day added to compensate for the fact that the Earth rotates approximately 365.25 times for each revolution it makes around the Sun. In the Hebrew calendar or other lunisolar calendars, a year having 13 months instead of 12, with the extra month added because 19 solar years is approximately 19 12+7 lunar months. Translations:  Dutch: schrikkeljaar French: année bissextile German: Schaltjahr Italian: anno bisestile Spanish: bisiesto        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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