Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transition year

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: tran-si-tion year
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.

noun

A student currently doing a transition year.

Etymology

transition + year

Inflected Forms

transition years (plural)

Synonyms

TY

Questions

What does transition year mean?: An optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.
Where does transition year come from?: transition + year

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