Plural of year
regular plural
The plural of year is years.
Forms of year
| Singular | year /jɪə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | years /jɪəz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Less standard forms: year (colloquial).
Years in a sentence
- Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
- Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media.2025 April 24, Oscar Holland, “Construction of world’s tallest abandoned skyscraper to resume after a decade”, in CNN
- I haven’t been back home across the pond in twenty years.From the entry pond
- He withdrew money to his bank account after several years of trading stocks on E-Trade.From the entry trade
- The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.From the entry abrasion
Meaning of year
- noun A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
- noun The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
- noun The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
Questions about the plural of year
- What is the plural of year?
- The plural of year is years.
- Is year countable?
- Year is a countable noun.
- Is year correct?
- year is marked colloquial in Wiktionary. The usual plural of year is years.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: year (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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