Meanings
- not comparableHappening once every year.
Christmas is a yearly celebration.
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We deep-clean the kitchen lustrally, on a five-yearly basis.
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a yearly income
- not comparableOnce a year.
- not comparableEvery year.
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1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoccurring or payable every year
nouna reference book that is published regularly once every year
adverbwithout missing a year
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishġēarlīċ
- Middle Englishyeerly
- Englishyearly
From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year + -ly (adjectival suffix) or -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), Afrikaans jaarliks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Danish årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Bokmål årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Nynorsk årleg (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans jaarliks, jaarlikse
- jaarlikshappening once every year
- jaarliksehappening once every year
Arabic سَنَوِيّ, سَنَوِيًّا
- سَنَوِيّ (sanawiyy)happening once every year
- سَنَوِيًّا (sanawiyyan)once a year
Bulgarian ежего́ден, ежего́дно
- ежего́ден (ežegóden)happening once every year
- ежего́дно (ežegódno)once a year
- годи́шно (godíšno)once a year
- годишник (godišnik)something that is published once a year
Catalan anual, anualment
- anualhappening once every year
- anualmentonce a year
Chinese Mandarin 每年的, 每年
- 每年的 (měinián de)happening once every year
- 每年 (měinián)once a year
Czech roční, ročně
- ročníhappening once every year
- ročněonce a year
Danish årlig
- årlighappening once every year
Dutch jaarlijks, jaarlijkse
- jaarlijkshappening once every year
- jaarlijksehappening once every year
- jaarlijksonce a year
- jaaruitgavesomething that is published once a year
- jaarlijkse uitgavesomething that is published once a year
Esperanto ĉiujara, ĉiujare
- ĉiujarahappening once every year
- ĉiujareonce a year
- jareonce a year
Finnish vuosittainen, jokavuotinen
- vuosittainenhappening once every year
- jokavuotinenhappening once every year
- vuosittainonce a year
- vuosikirjasomething that is published once a year
French annuel, annuellement
- annuelhappening once every year
- annuellementonce a year
- annuairesomething that is published once a year
German jährlich, jährlich
- jährlichhappening once every year
- jährlichonce a year
Hindi वार्षिक, वार्षिक
- वार्षिक (vārṣik)happening once every year
- वार्षिक (vārṣik)once a year
- वार्षिक (vārṣik)something that is published once a year
Hungarian évenkénti, évi
- évenkéntihappening once every year
- évihappening once every year
- évenkéntonce a year
- éventeonce a year
Icelandic árlegur, árviss
- árlegurhappening once every year
- árvisshappening once every year
- árlegaonce a year
Irish bliantúil, in éadan an bliana
- bliantúilhappening once every year
- in éadan an blianaonce a year
Italian annuale, annualmente
- annualehappening once every year
- annualmenteonce a year
- annuariosomething that is published once a year
Japanese 毎年の, 年一回の
- 毎年の (maitoshi no)happening once every year
- 年一回の (nen'ikkai no)once a year
- 毎年 (maitoshi)once a year
- 年刊の (nenkan no)something that is published once a year
Korean 매년의, 해마다
- 매년의 (maenyeonui)happening once every year
- 해마다 (haemada)once a year
- 매년 (maenyeon)once a year
- 연간의 (yeon'ganui)something that is published once a year
Latin annuus, quotannīs
- annuushappening once every year
- quotannīshappening once every year
Latvian gadskārtējs
- gadskārtējshappening once every year
Malay تاهونن, tahunan
- تاهوننhappening once every year
- tahunanhappening once every year
Māori huritau, ā-tau
- huritauhappening once every year
- ā-tauonce a year
Norwegian Bokmål årlig, årlig
- årlighappening once every year
- årligonce a year
Persian سالانه, سالانه
- سالانه (sâlâne)happening once every year
- سالانه (sâlâne)once a year
Polish roczny, coroczny
- rocznyhappening once every year
- corocznyhappening once every year
- dorocznyhappening once every year
- corocznieonce a year
- rocznieonce a year
- roczniksomething that is published once a year
Portuguese anual, anualmente
- anualhappening once every year
- anualmenteonce a year
Punjabi ਸਾਲਾਨਾ
- ਸਾਲਾਨਾ (sālānā)happening once every year
Romanian anual
- anualhappening once every year
Russian ежего́дный, ежего́дно
- ежего́дный (ježegódnyj)happening once every year
- ежего́дно (ježegódno)once a year
- ежего́дник (ježegódnik)something that is published once a year
Scottish Gaelic bliadhnail
- bliadhnailhappening once every year
Slovak ročný, ročne
- ročnýhappening once every year
- ročneonce a year
Spanish anual, anualmente
- anualhappening once every year
- anualmenteonce a year
- cada añoonce a year
Swedish årlig, årligen
- årlighappening once every year
- årligenonce a year
Thai ทุกปี, รายปี
- ทุกปี (túk-bpii)happening once every year
- รายปี (raai-bpii)happening once every year
- ประจำปี (bprà-jam-bpii)happening once every year
- ทุกปี (túk-bpii)once a year
- ปีละครั้ง (bpii-lá-kráng)once a year
- ปีละหน (bpii-lá-hǒn)once a year
- รายปี (raai-bpii)something that is published once a year
Turkish yıllık, yıllık
- yıllıkhappening once every year
- yıllıkonce a year
- yıllıksomething that is published once a year
Ukrainian щорі́чний, щорі́чно
- щорі́чний (ščoríčnyj)happening once every year
- щорі́чно (ščoríčno)once a year
- щоро́ку (ščoróku)once a year
- щорі́к (ščorík)once a year
- рі́чно (ríčno)once a year
Welsh blynyddol
- blynyddolhappening once every year
Yiddish יאָריק
- יאָריק (yorik)happening once every year
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with yearly
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Cite this entry
yearly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearly
“yearly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yearly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearly.
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