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bissextile year

bissextile year noun: a year with an extra day, a leap year.

Noun

bissextile year (plural bissextile years)

  1. a year with an extra day, a leap year

Forms of bissextile year

pluralbissextile years

Origin of bissextile year

From bissextile + year.

Questions about bissextile year

What does bissextile year mean?
Bissextile year means a year with an extra day, a leap year.
What part of speech is bissextile year?
Bissextile year is a noun.
What is the plural of bissextile year?
The plural of bissextile year is bissextile years.

Words near bissextile year in the dictionary

  1. Bissetts
  2. bissext
  3. bissextile
  4. bissextile month
  5. bissextile months
  6. bissextile year
  7. bissextile years
  8. bissextiles
  9. bissexts
  10. bisson
  11. Bissone

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