academic year

UK/ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk jɪə/US/ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk jɪɹ/

noun

The annual period during which a student attends school, college or university.

“In many countries the academic year starts in September and finishes in August of the next calendar year.”

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school year
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Meanings

nounacademic year (plural academic years)

plural academic years

  1. educationThe annual period during which a student attends school, college or university.

    In many countries the academic year starts in September and finishes in August of the next calendar year.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying

Similar
school year
Broader
year
Also see
school year

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 學年 /学年
  • 學年 /学年 (xuénián)time period
Danish akademisk år
  • akademisk årtime period
Dutch leerjaar, studiejaar
  • leerjaartime period
  • studiejaartime period
  • academiejaartime period
Esperanto lernojaro
  • lernojarotime period
Estonian õppeaasta
  • õppeaastatime period
Finnish akateeminen vuosi
  • akateeminen vuositime period
French année académique
  • année académiquetime period
German Studienjahr
  • Studienjahrtime period
Greek χρονιά
  • χρονιά (chroniá)time period
Hindi शैक्षणिक सत्र
  • शैक्षणिक सत्र (śaikṣaṇik satra)time period
Hungarian tanév
  • tanévtime period
Icelandic skólaár
  • skólaártime period
Indonesian tahun ajaran, tahun akademik
  • tahun ajarantime period
  • tahun akademiktime period
Japanese 学年
  • 学年 (gakunen)time period
Korean 학년
  • 학년 (hangnyeon)time period
Persian سال تحصیلی
  • سال تحصیلی (sâl-e tahsili)time period
Polish rok akademicki
  • rok akademickitime period
Portuguese ano académico, ano acadêmico
  • ano académicotime period
  • ano acadêmicotime period
Romanian an universitar, an de studiu
  • an universitartime period
  • an de studiutime period
Russian уче́бный год
  • уче́бный год (učébnyj god)time period
Spanish curso, año académico
  • cursotime period
  • año académicotime period
Swedish läsår
  • läsårtime period
Tagalog taong panuruan
  • taong panuruantime period
Ukrainian навчальний рік
  • навчальний рік (navčalʹnyj rik)time period
Cite this entry
APA

academic year. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academic%20year

MLA

“academic year.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academic%20year. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “academic year,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academic%20year.

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