Meanings
- The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.
1 more example
That brings back memories of my visit to the remote Scottish island of Foula. The most westerly of the Shetlands, it still officially adheres to the Julian calendar, which is 13 days behind our habitual Gregorian one. These days, the islanders only use the former for Christmas and New Year celebrations, when all 38 of them gather in one house on January 7 and 14 (in lieu of December 25 and January 1).
2025 November 12, Vitali Vitaliev, “Time travelling”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 68
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after Julius Caesar who introduced the calendar in 46 BCE.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic التقويم الشرقي
- التقويم الشرقي (at-taqwīm aš-šarqī)calendar
Bulgarian юлиа́нски календа́р
- юлиа́нски календа́р (juliánski kalendár)calendar
Catalan calendari julià
- calendari juliàcalendar
Chinese Cantonese 儒略曆 /儒略历, 朱利安曆 /朱利安历
- 儒略曆 /儒略历 (jyu⁴ loek⁶ lik⁶)calendar
- 朱利安曆 /朱利安历 (zyu¹ lei⁵ on¹ lik⁶)calendar
Chinese Mandarin 儒略曆 /儒略历, 朱理安曆 /朱理安历
- 儒略曆 /儒略历 (Rúlüèlì)calendar
- 朱理安曆 /朱理安历 (Zhūlǐ'ānlì)calendar
- 朱利安曆 /朱利安历 (Zhūlì'ānlì)calendar
Czech juliánský kalendář
- juliánský kalendářcalendar
Finnish juliaaninen kalenteri
- juliaaninen kalentericalendar
French calendrier julien
- calendrier juliencalendar
German Julianischer Kalender
- Julianischer Kalendercalendar
Greek Ιουλιανό ημερολόγιο
- Ιουλιανό ημερολόγιο (Ioulianó imerológio)calendar
Hungarian julián naptár
- julián naptárcalendar
Irish féilire Iúil
- féilire Iúilcalendar
Polish kalendarz juliański
- kalendarz juliańskicalendar
Portuguese Calendário Juliano
- Calendário Julianocalendar
Romanian calendar iulian
- calendar iuliancalendar
Russian Юлиа́нский календа́рь
- Юлиа́нский календа́рь (Juliánskij kalendárʹ)calendar
Spanish calendario juliano
- calendario julianocalendar
Swedish julianska kalendern, gamla stilen
- julianska kalenderncalendar
- gamla stilencalendar
Turkish Jülyen takvimi
- Jülyen takvimicalendar
Ukrainian юліа́нський календа́р
- юліа́нський календа́р (juliánsʹkyj kalendár)calendar
Vietnamese lịch Juliêng, lịch Julius
- lịch Juliêngcalendar
- lịch Juliuscalendar
Welsh calendr Iwlaidd
- calendr Iwlaiddcalendar
Cite this entry
Julian calendar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Julian%20calendar
“Julian calendar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Julian%20calendar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Julian calendar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Julian%20calendar.
Source: Julian calendar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.