Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

years

/jɪɹz/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.96 in modern English

Syllables: years
IPA: /jɪɹz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of year.

noun

A very long time.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"1981, May 5 1718-PDT, Jim McGrath, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups: fa.sf-lovers, said with a smile at an awards ceremony in the Pennsylvania state Capitol It will be a shorter book and it will not start four million years ago."
"Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy."
"It took years for the bus to come."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jɪɹz/
British English: /jɪəz/

Usage

Colloquial

Synonyms

ages yonks for ever donkey's years donkey's days old age age eld geezerhood

Rhymes With

here's appears engineers ears volunteers fears cheers careers peers beers gears disappears

Questions

How do you pronounce years?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɪɹz/.
What does years mean?: plural of year.

How to pronounce years

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