calendar year

noun

The length of time between the beginning and end of a year as marked on a calendar, such as from 0:00 January 1 to 24:00 December 31 in the Gregorian calendar.

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civil year
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Meanings

nouncalendar year (plural calendar years)

plural calendar years

  1. The length of time between the beginning and end of a year as marked on a calendar, such as from 0:00 January 1 to 24:00 December 31 in the Gregorian calendar.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar

Similar
civil year
Broader
yeartwelvemonthyr
Also see
civil yearyear

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From calendar + year.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 歷年 /历年, 一整年
  • 歷年 /历年 (lìnián)time between 1st January and 31st December
  • 一整年 (yī zhěng nián)time between corresponding dates in adjacent years
Danish kalenderår, år
  • kalenderårtime between 1st January and 31st December
  • årtime between corresponding dates in adjacent years
Finnish kalenterivuosi, kalenterivuosi
  • kalenterivuositime between 1st January and 31st December
  • kalenterivuositime between corresponding dates in adjacent years
French année civile, an
  • année civiletime between 1st January and 31st December
  • antime between corresponding dates in adjacent years
Hungarian naptári év
  • naptári évtime between 1st January and 31st December
Indonesian tahun kalender, tahun takwim
  • tahun kalendertime between 1st January and 31st December
  • tahun takwimtime between 1st January and 31st December
Japanese 暦年
  • 暦年 (rekinen)time between 1st January and 31st December
Korean 역년
  • 역년 (yeongnyeon)time between 1st January and 31st December
Norwegian Bokmål kalenderår
  • kalenderårtime between 1st January and 31st December
Polish rok kalendarzowy, rok kalendarzowy
  • rok kalendarzowytime between 1st January and 31st December
  • rok kalendarzowytime between corresponding dates in adjacent years
Romanian an calendaristic
  • an calendaristictime between 1st January and 31st December
Russian календа́рный год
  • календа́рный год (kalendárnyj god)time between 1st January and 31st December
Scottish Gaelic bliadhna mìosachain, bliadhna mìosachain
  • bliadhna mìosachaintime between 1st January and 31st December
  • bliadhna mìosachaintime between corresponding dates in adjacent years
Spanish año natural, año natural
  • año naturaltime between 1st January and 31st December
  • año naturaltime between corresponding dates in adjacent years
Swedish kalenderår, kalenderår
  • kalenderårtime between 1st January and 31st December
  • kalenderårtime between corresponding dates in adjacent years
Ukrainian календарний рік
  • календарний рік (kalendarnyj rik)time between 1st January and 31st December
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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