English Explanatory Dictionary

anniversary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
  2. Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
  3. A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).

Pronunciation

/ˌæn.ɪˈvɜː.s(ə.)ɹi/ En-uk-anniversary.ogg /ˌæn.ɪˈvɝ.s(ə.)ɹi/ /ˌæn.əˈvɝ.s(ə.)ɹi/ En-us-anniversary.ogg

Word forms

anniversary anniversaries

Etymology

From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).

Synonyms

yearday yeartide

Derived words

annish anniversarian anniversarily anniversariness anniversary clock anniversary day birthaversary blogiversary dateaversary decaversary diamond anniversary friendiversary golden anniversary manniversary meetaversary mensiversary monthiversary monthsary paper anniversary platinum anniversary ruby anniversary silver anniversary tin anniversary tranniversary veganniversary weekiversary wood anniversary wooden anniversary workiversary

Translations

Afrikaans: herdenking Albanian: përvjetor Southern Altai: јылдык Arabic: عِيد سَنَوِيّ Arabic: يُوبِيل Armenian: տարեդարձ Armenian: հոբելյան Armenian: տարելից Azerbaijani: ildönümü Basque: urteurrena Belarusian: гадаві́на Belarusian: юбіле́й Belarusian: ро́чніца Bulgarian: юбиле́й Bulgarian: годи́шнина Burmese: နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့ Catalan: aniversari Cebuano: anibersaryo Chinese Mandarin: 週年 /周年 Chinese Mandarin: 紀念日 /纪念日 Crimean Tatar: yıldönüm Czech: výročí Danish: årsdag Dutch: jubileum Esperanto: datreveno Estonian: aastapäev Finnish: vuosipäivä French: anniversaire Friulian: inovâl Friulian: aniversari Galician: aniversario Georgian: წლისთავი Georgian: დაბადების დღე German: Jahrestag German: Jubiläum Greek: επέτειος Ancient Greek: ἐνιαυτός Haitian Creole: anivèsè Hindi: वर्षगाँठ Hindi: जयंती Hindi: सालगिरह Hungarian: évforduló Hungarian: születésnap Icelandic: afmæli Icelandic: dánarafmæli Icelandic: ártíð Icelandic: dánardægur Ido: aniversario Indonesian: hari ulang tahun Indonesian: ulang tahun Irish: cothrom an lae Italian: anniversario Japanese: 記念日 Japanese: 周年 Japanese: アニバーサリー Kannada: ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ Kapampangan: caialdauan Kapampangan: caialdauanan Kapampangan: kayaldawan Kapampangan: kayaldawanan Kapampangan: anibersaryu Karelian: vuozipäivy Kazakh: мерейтой Kazakh: жылдық
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