Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

international age

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-na-tion-al age
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An age system where a person is considered zero years old at birth, and adds one to their age on their birthday.

Uncountable

noun

One's age under this system.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Take “Gangnam Style” singer Psy, for example. Born on December 31, 1977, he is considered 45 by international age; 46 by calendar year age; and 47 by Korean age."
"There is a second counting method – a mix of the international and Korean age systems – in which a baby is born at zero years, and one year is added every January 1."
"Yoon Jae-ha, left, shows his international age of eight and Korean age of nine next to his father, Yoon Dong-gun, whose international age is 43 and Korean age is 44"

Usage

Inflected Forms

international ages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Korean age

Questions

What does international age mean?: An age system where a person is considered zero years old at birth, and adds one to their age on their birthday.

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