English Explanatory Dictionary

yeartide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specific time of year; season.
  2. A specific time each year; anniversary.

Word forms

yeartide yeartides

Etymology

From year + -tide (“time, occasion”). Compare West Frisian jiertiid (“season”), Dutch jaartijd, jaargetijde (“season”), German Jahreszeit (“season”), Swedish årstid (“season”), Icelandic árstíð (“season”), Yiddish יאָרצײַט (yortsayt). Piecewise doublet of yahrzeit.

Related words

yeartime
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