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academic year

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

academic year noun: the annual period during which a student attends school, college or university.

Noun

academic year (plural academic years)

  1. 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.

academic year meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian

academic year in Hindi

time period
शैक्षणिक सत्र śaikṣaṇik satra

academic year in Tamil

கல்வி ஆண்டு

academic year in Tagalog

time period
taong panuruan

academic year in Indonesian

time period
tahun ajaran, tahun akademik
More languagesFewer languages
academic year in Persian
سال تحصیلی sâl-e tahsili

Forms of academic year

pluralacademic years

Questions about academic year

What does academic year mean?
Academic year means the annual period during which a student attends school, college or university.
What is academic year in Hindi?
Academic year in Hindi is शैक्षणिक सत्र (śaikṣaṇik satra). See Academic year meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is academic year?
Academic year is a noun.
How do you pronounce academic year?
Academic year is pronounced /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk jɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of academic year?
The plural of academic year is academic years.

Words near academic year in the dictionary

  1. academic quarters
  2. academic question
  3. academic questions
  4. academic weapon
  5. academic weapons
  6. academic year
  7. academic years
  8. academical
  9. academical clerk
  10. academical clerks
  11. academicalism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: academic year (page history and authors); academic year (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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