adjective🔗Share閏年のHaving an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st."The year 2024 is a bissextile year, meaning February has 29 days instead of 28. "2024年は閏年で、2月は28日ではなく29日あります。timenumberastronomyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share閏年A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year."Because 2024 was a bissextile, February had 29 days instead of 28. "2024年は閏年だったので、2月は28日ではなく29日でした。timeastronomynumberhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share閏年(inexact) Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year."The Hebrew calendar uses a bissextile every few years, adding an extra month to keep its holidays aligned with the agricultural seasons. "ヘブライ暦は数年に一度閏年を使用し、祝日が農業の季節と一致するように余分な月を追加します。timeastronomynumberperiodmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
