intercalary
pronunciation
How to pronounce intercalary in British English:
UK [ɪn'tɜ:kələrɪ]
How to pronounce intercalary in American English:
US [ɪn'tɜkəˌlerɪ]
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- Adjective:
- added or having an addition to make the calender year correspond to the solar year
Word Origin
- intercalary (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin intercalarius, from intercalare (see intercalate).
Example
- 1. This is just because there will be a longer winter vacation in 2007 caused by the intercalary lunar july .
- 2. Chinese calendar : the traditional lunisolar calendar of the chinese people , based on 24 seasonal segments each about 15 days long . An intercalary month is occasionally necessary to reconcile the lunar year with the solar year .
- 3. I think we should do it at least twice in the space of each five-year plan , in the same way as the intercalary month in a lunar leap year turns up once in three years and twice in five .