English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin bisextilis annus (“bissextile year”),[1] from bisextus + -ilis, from bis- (“two; twice; doubled”) + sextus (“sixth”) + dies (“day”), from the Julian calendar's original reckoning of its quadrennial intercalary day as a 48-hour February 24, subsequently distinguished as the two separate days of the sixth day before the March calends (sexto Kalendas Martii) and the "doubled sixth day".[2] (February 24 is now normally understood as five days before the first of March, but was called the sixth by the Romans owing to their inclusive counting of dates. See Roman calendar on Wikipedia.)

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( UK ) IPA (key) : /bɪˈsɛkstɪl/ [1]

IPA : Audio (UK)

( US ) IPA (key) : /bɪˈsɛks.taɪəl/ , /bɑɪˈsɛks.tɑɪl/ , /bɑɪˈsɛks.təl/ , /bɪˈsɛks.təl/

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Adjective [ edit ]

bissextile (not comparable)

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Noun [ edit ]

bissextile (plural bissextiles)

leap year Synonym of year with an intercalary day.

Translations [ edit ]

— see leap year leap year

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Adjective [ edit ]

bissextile