* yeer (obsolete) * yeere (obsolete)

From Middle English _yeer_, _yere_, from Old English _ġēr_, _ġēar_ (“year”), from Proto-Germanic _*jērą_ (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European _*yōro-_, _*yeh₁ro-_ (“year, spring”), _*yeh₁r-_. Cognate with Saterland Frisian _Jier_ (“year”), West Frisian _jier_ (“year”), Dutch _jaar_ (“year”), German _Jahr_ (“year”), Swedish _år_ (“year”), Icelandic _ár_ (“year”), Serbo-Croatian _jār_ (“spring”), Ancient Greek _ὥρα_ (hṓra, “year, season”), Avestan

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɪə̯/, /jɜː/ * (General American) enPR: yîr, IPA(key): /jɪɹ/, /jiəɹ/ * Rhymes: -ɪə(r) * Rhymes: -ɜː(r) (some regions only)

Wikipedia YEAR (_plural_ YEARS) * The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference). _we moved to this town a YEAR ago;  I quit smoking exactly one YEAR ago_ * (by extension) The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body. _Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian YEAR, or 1.88 Earth years._ * A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar. _A normal YEAR has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap YEAR._ _I was born in the YEAR 1950._ _This Chinese YEAR is the YEAR of the Rooster._ * A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity. _During this school YEAR I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus._ * (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a". * A level or grade in school or college. _Every second-YEAR student must select an area of specialization._ _The exams in YEAR 12 at high school are the most difficult._ * The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year). _Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast YEARS._ SYNONYMS * (one revolution of the Sun by the Earth): twelvemonth * (time to make one revolution by any body): anomalistic year, Gaussian year, sidereal year, tropical year * (period between set dates): calendar year, civil year, legal year * (specific uses): fiscal year, liturgical year, school year DERIVED TERMS RELATED TERMS TRANSLATIONS

* day * week * month

* aery * ayre, Ayre * yare