Gregorian calendar
US/ɡɹeˈɡɔːɹiən kæləndɚ/
Gregorian calendar proper noun: the calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
Proper noun
the Gregorian calendar
- The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
- Synonyms:
- Christian calendar
Gregorian calendar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Sinhala
Gregorian calendar in Hindi
- calendar
- ग्रेगोरी कैलेंडर gregorī kaileṇḍar
Gregorian calendar in Tamil
- கிரிகோரி நாட்காட்டி
Gregorian calendar in Kannada
- calendar
- ಗ್ರೆಗೋರಿಯನ್ ಕ್ಯಾಲೆಂಡರ್ gregōriyan kyāleṇḍar
Gregorian calendar in Sinhala
- calendar
- ග්රෙගරි දිනදසුන gregari dinadasuna
More languagesFewer languages
- Gregorian calendar in Tagalog
- kalendaryong Gregoryano
- Gregorian calendar in Arabic
- التَقْوِيم الغَرْبِيّ at-taqwīm al-ḡarbiyy, التَقْوِيم المِيلَادِيّ at-taqwīm al-mīlādiyy, التَقْوِيم المِيلَادِيّ الغَرْبِيّ at-taqwīm al-mīlādiyy al-ḡarbiyy
- Gregorian calendar in Malay
- kalendar Gregory, takwim Gregory
- Gregorian calendar in Indonesian
- kalender Gregorius
- Gregorian calendar in Persian
- گاهشماری میلادی gâh-šomâri-ye milâdi
- Gregorian calendar in Thai
- ปฏิทินเกรโกเรียน bpà-dtì-tin gray-goh-rian
- Gregorian calendar in Vietnamese
- tây lịch, công lịch, dương lịch, lịch Gregôriô
- Gregorian calendar in Myanmar
- ဂရီဂေါရီးယန်း ပြက္ခဒိန် ga.rigau:ri:yan: prakhka.din
Synonyms of Gregorian calendar
- Christian calendar
Origin of Gregorian calendar
Named after Pope Gregory XIII who decreed it should be used.
Questions about Gregorian calendar
- What does Gregorian calendar mean?
- Gregorian calendar means the calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
- What is Gregorian calendar in Hindi?
- Gregorian calendar in Hindi is ग्रेगोरी कैलेंडर (gregorī kaileṇḍar). See Gregorian calendar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Gregorian calendar?
- Gregorian calendar is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Gregorian calendar?
- Gregorian calendar is pronounced /ɡɹeˈɡɔːɹiən kæləndɚ/ (US).
Words near Gregorian calendar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Gregorian calendar (page history and authors); gregorian calendar (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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