Meanings
nounalmanac (plural almanacs)
plural almanacs · alternative archaic almanack
- A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
Similar
farmer's calendar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicالْمُنَاخ“climate”
- Andalusian Arabicمَنَاخ“almanac, calendar”
- Medieval Latinalmanachus
- Old Frenchalmanach
- Middle Englishalmenak
- Englishalmanac
From Middle English almenak, from Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic مَنَاخ (manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”), from Arabic الْمُنَاخ (al-munāḵ, “climate”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رُوزْنَامَة, تَقْوِيم
- رُوزْنَامَة (rūznāma)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- تَقْوِيم (taqwīm)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Bulgarian алмана́х
- алмана́х (almanáh)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Catalan almanac
- almanacbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Chinese Mandarin 曆書 /历书, 皇曆 /皇历
- 曆書 /历书 (lìshū)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- 皇曆 /皇历 (huánglì)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- 年鑑 /年鉴 (niánjiàn)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- 年鑒 /年鉴 (niánjiàn)handbook published annually
Czech almanach
- almanachbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Danish almanak
- almanakbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Dutch almanak
- almanakbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Esperanto almanako, almanaĥo
- almanakobook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- almanaĥobook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Estonian almanahh
- almanahhbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Finnish almanakka, vuosikirja
- almanakkabook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- vuosikirjahandbook published annually
French almanach
- almanachbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
German Almanach
- Almanachbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Greek αλμανάκ, καζαμίας
- αλμανάκ (almanák)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- καζαμίας (kazamías)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- μερομήνια (meromínia)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Hebrew אַלְמָנָךְ
- אַלְמָנָךְ (almanákh)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Hungarian almanach
- almanachbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Indonesian almanak
- almanakbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Irish almanag, almanag
- almanagbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- almanaghandbook published annually
Italian almanacco
- almanaccobook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Japanese 年鑑, アルマナック
- 年鑑 (nenkan)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- アルマナック (arumanakku)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Korean 연감, 년감
- 연감 (yeon'gam)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- 년감 (nyeon'gam)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- 얼머낵 (eolmeonaek)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Latin fāstī, almanacus
- fāstībook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- almanacusbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Latvian almanahs
- almanahsbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Lithuanian almanachas
- almanachasbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Malay almanak
- almanakbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Norwegian Bokmål almanakk
- almanakkbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Persian زیگ, دَفتَرِ سال
- زیگ (zig)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- دَفتَرِ سال (daftar-e sâl)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- سالنَما (sâlnamâ)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- سالنامه (sâlnâme)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Polish almanach, almanach
- almanachbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- almanachhandbook published annually
Portuguese almanaque, anuário
- almanaquebook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- anuáriohandbook published annually
Romanian almanah
- almanahbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Russian альмана́х, календа́рь
- альмана́х (alʹmanáx)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- календа́рь (kalendárʹ)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- альмана́х (alʹmanáx)handbook published annually
- ежего́дник (ježegódnik)handbook published annually
Scottish Gaelic almanac
- almanacbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Slovak almanach
- almanachbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Spanish almanaque
- almanaquebook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Swedish almanacka
- almanackabook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Tagalog almanake
- almanakebook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Thai กาลานุกรม
- กาลานุกรม (gaa-laa-nú-grom)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Turkish almanak
- almanakbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Ukrainian альмана́х
- альмана́х (alʹmanáx)book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Vietnamese lịch thư
- lịch thưbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
Welsh almanac, almanac
- almanacbook or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
- almanachandbook published annually
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
almanac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almanac
MLA
“almanac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almanac. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “almanac,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almanac.
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