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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BISSEXTILE

From Late Latin bissextilis annus leap year, from Latin bissextus, from bi-1 + sextus sixth; referring to February 24, the 6th day before the Calends of March.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BISSEXTILE

bissextile  [bɪˈsɛkstaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BISSEXTILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bissextile can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BISSEXTILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bissextile

Leap year

A leap year is a year containing one additional day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, calendars that have the same number of days in each year, over time, drift with respect to the event that the year is supposed to track. By inserting an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is called a common year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, each leap year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 365, by extending February to 29 days rather than the common 28 days. Similarly, in the lunisolar Hebrew calendar, Adar Aleph, a 13th lunar month is added seven times every 19 years to the twelve lunar months in its common years to keep its calendar year from drifting through the seasons. The name "leap" year comes from the fact that while a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar normally advances one day of the week from one year to the next, in a leap year the day of the week will advance two days due to the year's extra day inserted at the end of February.

Definition of bissextile in the English dictionary

The definition of bissextile in the dictionary is containing the extra day of a leap year.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BISSEXTILE


big-style
ˈbɪɡˌstaɪl
freestyle
ˈfriːˌstaɪl
geotextile
ˌdʒiːəʊˈtɛkstaɪl
hairstyle
ˈhɛəˌstaɪl
hostile
ˈhɒstaɪl
hypostyle
ˈhaɪpəʊˌstaɪl
lifestyle
ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl
metrostyle
ˈmɛtrəˌstaɪl
nonstyle
ˈnɒnˈstaɪl
old-style
ˈəʊldstaɪl
peristyle
ˈpɛrɪˌstaɪl
prostyle
ˈprəʊstaɪl
restyle
ˌriːˈstaɪl
sextile
ˈsɛkstaɪl
Stijl
staɪl
stile
staɪl
style
staɪl
substyle
ˈsʌbˌstaɪl
textile
ˈtɛkstaɪl
turnstile
ˈtɜːnˌstaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BISSEXTILE

bismuthinite
bismuthous
bisnaga
bisociation
bisociative
bison
bisontine
bisphosphonate
bisque
Bissau
bisson
bist
bistable
bistate
bister
Bisto
bistort
bistouries
bistoury
bistre

WORDS THAT END LIKE BISSEXTILE

cortile
ductile
erectile
fertile
futile
gentile
infantile
infertile
interquartile
inutile
mercantile
percentile
portatile
projectile
reptile
tactile
tile
utile
versatile
volatile

Synonyms and antonyms of bissextile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bissextile» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bisiesto
570 millions of speakers

English

bissextile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bissextile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bissextile
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

високосный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bissexto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিবর্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bissextile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bissekstil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schaltjahr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bissextile
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bissextile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bissextile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhuận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லீப் ஆண்டில் ஒரு நாளை அதிகமாகக் கொண்டுள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बायससेक्टाईल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

artıkyıl
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bisestile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bissextile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високосний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bisect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bissextile
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schrikkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bissextile
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bissextile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bissextile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BISSEXTILE»

The term «bissextile» is normally little used and occupies the 121.863 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BISSEXTILE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bissextile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BISSEXTILE»

Discover the use of bissextile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bissextile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The British Palladium: Or, Annual Miscellany of Literature ...
Bissextile, and not o, 100, 200, 300, &c. before Christ, as Mr. Mayer, and Mr. Maskelyne, after his Error, have published. Hence, from the Beginning of the o Year, which improperly represents the 1st Year before Christ, to the Beginning of the ...
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Dictionary of the mathematical and physical sciences, ...
BISSEXTILE, or Leap-Year, in Chronology, a year consisting of 366 days, happening once every four years, by reason of the addition of a day in the month of February to recover the six hours which the earth occupies in its annual course , ...
James Mitchell, 1823
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Esther and Ahasuerus: An Identification of the Persons So ...
We will establish what has now been asserted as to the years which were made bissextile at Rome, when intercalation was resumed, by such proof as we have to give. That intercalation was not again put into practice at Rome, as we should ...
Richard Edmund Tyrwhitt, 1868
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; or A dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
Hence that year was called bissextile. In Britain it is denominated leap year. After the death of Julius Caesar there was a degree of confusion respecting the intercalations, from the ignorance of the priests. Augustus corrected the mistake, and ...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Hence that year was called bissextile. In , Britain it is denominated leap year. After the death of Julius Caesar there was a degree of confusion rejecting the intercalations, from the ignorance of the priests. Augustus corrected the mistake, and ...
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Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ...
There was a metemptosis in the year 1800, because that year, which ought naturally to have been bissextile, was not so. Since the reformation of the calendar it takes place three times in 400 years. f Proemptosis, or the lunar equation, is the ...
Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla, Charles Hutton, 1814
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Recreations in science and natural philosophy: Dr. Hutton's ...
f n 3800 Met. B 1900 Met. n 3900 Met. and proem. B aooo Bissextile. n 4000 Bissextile. B aioo Met. and proem. m 4100 Met. A 2200 Met. 1 4200 Met. n 2300 Met. 1 4300 Met. and proem. A 2400 Biasext. and proem. 1 4400 Bissextile. u 2500 ...
Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla, Charles Hutton, 1844
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Fasti Hellenici: 3. : The civil and literary chronology of ...
He reckons the Bissextile years, for instance, U. C.Varr. 333, 337, 341, &c. But the Bissextile February in reality occurred two months before these years commenced, in the 10th month of the preceding year. A similar anticipation might  ...
‎1851
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A Chronological Introduction to the History of the Church: ...
G F, the Sunday letter till the bissextile would be G 7, and after the bissextile, F 1. Here therefore the last Sunday in February ' would be on the 25th G, and on the first Sunday in March, or the third of that month, the new cycle of concurrents, ...
Samuel Farmar Jarvis, 1845
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Chronology and geography
Sextus ante Calendos Martias, bis, or twice *, the leap year in which it was inserted was called Bissextile. And this quadriennial cycle of the Julian year, Scaliger justly calls, Omniumformarum temporibus convenientissima. The first year of the ...
William Hales, 1830

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BISSEXTILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bissextile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Old Things Find A New Home
Being the Fifth after BISSEXTILE, or LEAP YEAR, and Twenty-Fifth of the Independence of America. Fitted to the town of BOSTON, but will ... «Ricochet.com, Jun 15»
2
New Orleans Auction Galleries: March Estate Sale First in Spacious …
... lots at $11,377 was a Poor Richard Almanack for 1756, which was described on the flyleaf as being “bissextile”—in other words, a leap year. «Maine Antique Digest, May 15»
3
Jean Dunand's Shabaka Returns
The three non-leap years are denoted by 1, 2, and 3, while the leap year is portrayed by the letter B, standing for the word bissextile (the French ... «Quill & Pad, Mar 15»
4
Carl F. Bucherer — Manero ChronoPerpetual
... de l'année bissextile à 9 heures et de la phase de lune à 3 heures. Elles incluent également un chronographe précis avec fonction flyback et ... «WorldTempus, Nov 14»
5
Wisden confuses cricket world with surreal entry
The first edition, published in 1964 (that went by the name The Cricketer's Almanac for the year 1864, being Bissextile or Leap Year, and the ... «Cricket Country, Nov 14»
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Maître Cabinotier Astronomica
Quant à l'indicateur d'année bissextile, il est discrètement positionné à 1 heure. L'équation du temps est affichée par une courte aiguille située ... «World Tempus, Sep 14»
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Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève Les calendriers
... mis en place en 1582 pour corriger une erreur de 0,0078 jour par an du précédent calendrier julien, ignore une année bissextile tous les 100 ... «World Tempus, Aug 14»
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Michael Schumacher's Coma: Two Months on, Questions Persist
If this was a bissextile year, tomorrow would be the 29th of February, precisely two months after Michael Schumacher's serious skiing accident. «autoevolution, Feb 14»
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition à Quantième Perpétuel 8 …
L'année 2100 fera exception car il s'agit d'une année séculaire non divisible par 400.et donc non bissextile. Si la montre est arrêtée pendant ... «Montres-de-luxe.com, Feb 14»
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QP à équation
Le disque des années actionne l'indicateur d'année bissextile sur l'endroit, et celui des saisons au dos. La création de ce « mobile codeur ... «Horlogerie-suisse.com, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bissextile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bissextile>. May 2024 ».
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