Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yeartime

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yeartime
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A year's time; the space of time equivalent to a year.

adj

Seasonal.

adj

Of or pertaining to the timespan of a year or years; yearly.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From year + time, or revived from Middle English yer tyme (“yearly commemoration”) (which did not directly survive into Modern English). Compare Dutch jaartijd, jaargetijde (“season”), German Jahreszeit (“season, time of year”), Swedish årstid (“season”), English yeartide.

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Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

yeartimes (plural) more yeartime (comparative) most yeartime (superlative)

Questions

What does yeartime mean?
A time of the year; a season.
Where does yeartime come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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