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lunisolar calendar en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun, which defines the year.
   • We adopted the Babylonian lunisolar calendar in order to make sure that Pesaḥ fell in the spring, Shavuot at the first fruits, and Sukkot at harvest time. 2024, David Golinkin, “What Is The Purpose And History Of Adar II”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 88:
   • The holidays are all happening within two days this year because several long solar, lunar and lunisolar calendar cycles sync up. 2026 February 16, Alicia Eler, “Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026”, in Minnesota Star Tribune, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2026:

Forms

Coordinates

solar calendar · lunar calendar

Hyponyms

Hebrew calendar · Julian calendar · Chinese calendar

Translations (14)

ja 太陰太陽暦 (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · fr calendrier luni-solaire (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · fi kuu-aurinkokalenteri (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · es calendario lunisolar (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · ca calendari lunisolar (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · ja 旧暦 (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · yue 陰陽曆 /阴阳历 (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · gl calendario lunisolar (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · sv lunisolarkalender (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · ja 陰暦 (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · da lunisolarkalender (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · vi âm dương lịch (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · cmn 陰陽曆 /阴阳历 (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun) · pt calendário lunissolar (calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun)