Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lunar year

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: lu-nar year
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun

Inflected Forms

lunar years (plural)

Phrases

lunar calendar Chinese calendar Islamic calendar

Frequently Paired Words

lunar calendar Chinese calendar Islamic calendar

Questions

What does lunar year mean?: a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun

How to pronounce lunar year

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