Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

human year

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.26 in modern English

Syllables
hu-man year
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A regular calendar year, as opposed to a dog year or the "year" of any other animal species.

Informal

noun

A unit of age relative to the species being considered, defined such that an animal's age in "human years" is the equivalent age of a human being in calendar years.

Usage

Inflected Forms

human years (plural)

Questions

What does human year mean?
A regular calendar year, as opposed to a dog year or the "year" of any other animal species.

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