Meanings
- ChristianityThe calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
Synonyms: Christian calendar
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after Pope Gregory XIII who decreed it should be used.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic التَقْوِيم الغَرْبِيّ, التَقْوِيم المِيلَادِيّ
- التَقْوِيم الغَرْبِيّ (at-taqwīm al-ḡarbiyy)calendar
- التَقْوِيم المِيلَادِيّ (at-taqwīm al-mīlādiyy)calendar
- التَقْوِيم المِيلَادِيّ الغَرْبِيّ (at-taqwīm al-mīlādiyy al-ḡarbiyy)calendar
Bulgarian григориа́нски календа́р
- григориа́нски календа́р (grigoriánski kalendár)calendar
Catalan calendari gregorià
- calendari gregoriàcalendar
Chinese Cantonese 公曆 /公历, 陽曆 /阳历
- 公曆 /公历 (gung¹ lik⁶)calendar
- 陽曆 /阳历 (joeng⁴ lik⁶)calendar
- 西曆 /西历 (sai¹ lik⁶)calendar
- 新曆 /新历 (san¹ lik⁶)calendar
- 太陽曆 /太阳历 (taai³ joeng⁴ lik⁶)calendar
- 格里曆 (gaak³ lei⁵ lik⁶)calendar
- 格里历 (gaak³ leoi⁵ lik⁶)calendar
- 國瑞曆 /国瑞历 (gwok³ seoi⁶ lik⁶)calendar
- 額我略曆 /额我略历 (ngaak⁶ ngo⁵ loek⁶ lik⁶)calendar
- 格列高利曆 /格列高利历 (gaak³ lit⁶ gou¹ lei⁶ lik⁶)calendar
- 格里高利曆 (gaak³ lei⁵ gou¹ lei⁶ lik⁶)calendar
- 格裡高利曆 /格里高利历 (gaak³ leoi⁵ gou¹ lei⁶ lik⁶)calendar
Chinese Mandarin 公曆 /公历, 陽曆 /阳历
- 公曆 /公历 (gōnglì)calendar
- 陽曆 /阳历 (yánglì)calendar
- 西曆 /西历 (xīlì)calendar
- 新曆 /新历 (xīnlì)calendar
- 太陽曆 /太阳历 (tàiyánglì)calendar
- 國曆 /国历 (guólì)calendar
- 格里曆 (Gélǐlì)calendar
- 國瑞曆 /国瑞历 (Guóruìlì)calendar
- 額我略曆 /额我略历 (Éwǒlüèlì)calendar
- 格列高利曆 /格列高利历 (Géliègāolìlì)calendar
- 格里高利曆 (Gélǐgāolìlì)calendar
- 格勒哥里曆 (Gélègēlǐlì)calendar
Czech gregoriánský kalendář
- gregoriánský kalendářcalendar
Danish den gregorianske kalender
- den gregorianske kalendercalendar
Dutch gregoriaanse kalender
- gregoriaanse kalendercalendar
Esperanto gregoria kalendaro
- gregoria kalendarocalendar
Estonian gregoriuse kalender
- gregoriuse kalendercalendar
Finnish gregoriaaninen kalenteri
- gregoriaaninen kalentericalendar
French calendrier grégorien
- calendrier grégoriencalendar
German gregorianischer Kalender
- gregorianischer Kalendercalendar
Greek Γρηγοριανό ημερολόγιο
- Γρηγοριανό ημερολόγιο (Grigorianó imerológio)calendar
Hindi ग्रेगोरी कैलेंडर
- ग्रेगोरी कैलेंडर (gregorī kaileṇḍar)calendar
Hungarian Gergely-naptár
- Gergely-naptárcalendar
Indonesian kalender Gregorius
- kalender Gregoriuscalendar
Italian calendario gregoriano
- calendario gregorianocalendar
Japanese グレゴリオ暦
- グレゴリオ暦 (guregorio-reki)calendar
Korean 그레고리오력
- 그레고리오력 (geuregorioryeok)calendar
Latvian gregora kalendārs
- gregora kalendārscalendar
Lithuanian grigaliaus kalendorius
- grigaliaus kalendoriuscalendar
Malay kalendar Gregory, takwim Gregory
- kalendar Gregorycalendar
- takwim Gregorycalendar
Norwegian gregoriansk kalender
- gregoriansk kalendercalendar
Persian گاهشماری میلادی
- گاهشماری میلادی (gâh-šomâri-ye milâdi)calendar
Polish kalendarz gregoriański
- kalendarz gregoriańskicalendar
Portuguese calendário gregoriano
- calendário gregorianocalendar
Romanian calendar gregorian
- calendar gregoriancalendar
Russian григориа́нский календа́рь
- григориа́нский календа́рь (grigoriánskij kalendárʹ)calendar
Slovak gregoriánsky kalendár
- gregoriánsky kalendárcalendar
Spanish calendario gregoriano
- calendario gregorianocalendar
Swedish gregorianska kalendern, nya stilen
- gregorianska kalenderncalendar
- nya stilencalendar
Tagalog kalendaryong Gregoryano
- kalendaryong Gregoryanocalendar
Thai ปฏิทินเกรโกเรียน
- ปฏิทินเกรโกเรียน (bpà-dtì-tin gray-goh-rian)calendar
Turkish Gregoryen takvimi, miladi takvim
- Gregoryen takvimicalendar
- miladi takvimcalendar
Ukrainian григоріа́нський календа́р
- григоріа́нський календа́р (hryhoriánsʹkyj kalendár)calendar
Vietnamese tây lịch, công lịch
- tây lịchcalendar
- công lịchcalendar
- dương lịchcalendar
- lịch Gregôriôcalendar
- lịch Gregoriuscalendar
Cite this entry
Gregorian calendar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gregorian%20calendar
“Gregorian calendar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gregorian%20calendar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gregorian calendar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gregorian%20calendar.
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