annual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˈɛən.ju.əl] (Canada, US) æ-raising
- /ˈæn.ju.əl/ (UK)
- [ˈɛən.jəl] (Canada, US) æ-raising
- /ˈænɪu̯.əl/ Wales, Ottawa Valley
- /ˈæn.jəl/ (UK)
- (California) audio
- /ˈanwəl/ (South-Asia)
- /ˈæn.jəl/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈæn.ju.əl/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈan(j)ʊwəl/ (South-Asia)
Etymology
First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Happening once every year.
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:an annual general meeting; an annual publication
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(not-comparable) Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.
an annual salary; average annual profits; the annual course of the sun
- (not-comparable, of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season, e.g., beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.
- (not-comparable) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.
Deriveds
harlequin annual lupine · triannual · annual report · multiannual · semperannual · tri-annual · interannual · semi-annual · semiannual · annual wormwood · annualization · biannually · nonannual · transannual · semi-annually · subannual · annual meadow grass · annually · biannual · intraannual · annual accounts · ground annual · annualize · bi-annually · pluriannual · first annual · bi-annual · annualise · sweet Annie · circannual · annual cicada · annual ring · sesquiannual · quadannual · annual mercury · annual general meeting · annuality · pseudoannual · semiannually · terannual · annual leave · annual ryegrass · annual aberration
Relateds
perennial · biennial · per annum
Synonyms
yearly (in senses 1 and 2)
Translations (116)
zza emser (living or lasting one year or season) · zza šeraser (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · sco annual (happening once a year) · ckb ساڵانە (happening once a year) · la annuus (happening once a year) · zza naser (living or lasting one year or season) · mk годишен (happening once a year) · es anual (living or lasting one year or season) · be штогадо́вы (happening once a year) · ps کالنی (happening once a year) · nn årleg (happening once a year) · kk біржылдық (of a plant) · pl roczny (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · el ενιαύσιος (happening once a year) · gv bleinoil (happening once a year) · ro anual (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · fi yksivuotinen (of a plant) · gl anual (happening once a year) · hy տարեկան (happening once a year) · nb ettårig (of a plant) · fi vuosittainen (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · cs roční (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · id tahunan (happening once a year) · sk výročný (happening once a year) · cmn 每年 (happening once a year) · fi vuosittainen (happening once a year) · pt ânuo (happening once a year) · es anual (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · oc annadièr (happening once a year) · it annuale (happening once a year) · hi वार्षिक (living or lasting one year or season) · as বছৰেকীয়া (happening once a year) · pl doroczny (happening once a year) · he שנתי (happening once a year) · ast anual (happening once a year) · sv årlig (happening once a year) · de jährlich (happening once a year) · la anniversārius (happening once a year) · hi वार्षिक (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · eo jara (happening once a year) · nrf annuel (happening once a year) · is einær (of a plant) · yi יאָריק (happening once a year) · ro anual (happening once a year) · ca annu (happening once a year) · fa سالانه (happening once a year) · my နှစ်ချုပ် (happening once a year) · es anuo (happening once a year) · ru годово́й (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · fr annuel (happening once a year) · bg годи́шен (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · cmn 年度 (happening once a year) · ka ყოველწლიური (happening once a year) · ru одноле́тний (of a plant) · es anuo (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · ms tahunan (happening once a year) · ja 毎年 (happening once a year) · tg солона (happening once a year) · hi वार्षिक (happening once a year) · uk річни́й (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · ceb tinuig (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · ar سَنَوِيّ (happening once a year) · ko 매년의 (happening once a year) · ka წლიური (happening once a year) · da årlig (happening once a year) · fi vuotuinen (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · be ро́чны (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · cs výroční (happening once a year) · ru ежего́дный (happening once a year) · fi jokavuotinen (happening once a year) · nn eittårig (of a plant) · te సాంవత్సరిక (happening once a year) · mt annwali (happening once a year) · el μονοετής (of a plant) · bg ежего́ден (happening once a year) · ru годи́чный (happening once a year) · zza šerd (of a plant) · tl taunan (happening once a year) · kk біржылдық (living or lasting one year or season) · es anual (happening once a year) · tr yıllık (happening once a year) · uk річни́й (happening once a year) · gl anual (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · uk щорі́чний (happening once a year) · my နှစ်စဉ် (happening once a year) · ca anual (happening once a year) · ru годово́й (happening once a year) · pl coroczny (happening once a year) · or ବାର୍ଷିକ (happening once a year) · gd bliadhnail (happening once a year) · es anuo (living or lasting one year or season) · be гадавы́ (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · ga bliantúil (happening once a year) · mi huritau (happening once a year) · pl jednoroczny (of a plant) · fi yksivuotinen (living or lasting one year or season) · ast añal (happening once a year) · el ετήσιος (happening once a year) · sk každoročný (happening once a year) · uk рокови́й (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · ca anyal (happening once a year) · gl anual (living or lasting one year or season) · zza šerek (happening once a year) · fi vuosi- (of, for, or relating to a whole year) · nb årlig (happening once a year) · mi ā-tau (happening once a year) · it annuo (happening once a year) · vo alyelik (happening once a year) · hu egynyári (of a plant) · pt anual (happening once a year) · te వార్షిక (happening once a year) · nl jaarlijks (happening once a year) · ceb tinuig (happening once a year) · cs každoroční (happening once a year) · ms تاهونن (happening once a year) · bg едногоди́шен (of a plant)