cal·en·dar (k l  n-dr)n. 1. Any of various systems of reckoning time in which the beginning, length, and divisions of a year are defined. 2. A table showing the months, weeks, and days in at least one specific year. 3. A schedule of events. 4. An ordered list of matters to be considered: a calendar of court cases; the bills on a legislative calendar. 5. Chiefly British A catalog of a university. tr.v. cal·en·dared, cal·en·dar·ing, cal·en·dars To enter in a calendar; schedule. [Middle English calender, from Old French calendier, from Late Latin kalend  rium, from Latin, account book, from kalendae, calends (from the fact that monthly interest was due on the calends); see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]Three Principal CalendarsThe Gregorian calendar is now in use as the civil calendar throughout most of the world. The Jewish calendar is the official calendar of the Jewish religious community. The Islamic calendar is the official calendar in many Muslim countries. Each calendar listed below begins with the first month of the year and includes the number of days each month contains. Many months have a variable number of days, as described below.
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l-Qacalendar [ˈkælɪndə]
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1. a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions See also Gregorian calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Revolutionary calendar, Roman calendar
2. a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
3. a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc.
vb
(tr) to enter in a calendar; schedule; register
[via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends, when interest on debts became due]
calendrical [kæˈlɛndrɪkəl], calendric adj
Calendar
a flgure-of-eight-shaped scale, for showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for every day of the year. — analemmatic, adj.
the twenty-ninth day of February, added to the calendar every four years, except in centenary years evenly divisible by 400, to compensate for the discrepancy between the arbitrary 365-day calendar year and the actual time of the solar year. — bissextile, adj.
Rare. a person who makes calendars.
1. an intercalation of a day or days in the calendar to correct error.
2. the day or days intercalated. — embolic, embolismic, embolismical, adj.
2. the day or days intercalated. — embolic, embolismic, embolismical, adj.
the study of the origin, growth, meaning, and history of Christian religious feasts. — heortological, adj.
in the Roman Empire, the cyclical, fifteen-year fiscal period, used for dating ordinary events. Also called cycle of indiction. — indictional. adj.
inserted into the calendar, as the twenty-ninth day of February in a leap year. — intercalation, n. — intercalative, adj.
the period of the moon’s synodic revolution, from the time of the new moon to the next new moon; one lunar month or approximately 29 1/2 days.
a period of five years.
1. a list or calendar of months.
2. Eastern Orthodoxy. a calendar of all festivals for martyrs and saints, with brief accounts of their lives. Also Menologion.
2. a church calendar, listing festivals for saints.
2. Eastern Orthodoxy. a calendar of all festivals for martyrs and saints, with brief accounts of their lives. Also Menologion.
2. a church calendar, listing festivals for saints.
the practice of eliminating the bissextile day every 134 years to adjust the date of the new moon. Cf. proemptosis.
1. the time of the new moon or the beginning of the month.
2. a heathen festival at the time of the new moon.
2. a heathen festival at the time of the new moon.
the adding of a day every 300 and again every 2400 years to adjust the date of the new moon. Cf. metemptosis.
Calendar an orderly list of persons, things, or events; a list of offenders in the Newgate Calendar or in similar prisons or at Quarter Session Courts; a list or record.
Examples: calendar of academics; of crimes, 1856; of documents; of my past endeavours, 1601; of martyrs, 1781; of saints, 1631; of sins, 1633.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the yearorganization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" embolism, intercalation - an insertion into a calendar lunar calendar - a calendar based on lunar cycles lunisolar calendar - a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles solar calendar - a calendar based on solar cycles |
| 2. | calendar - a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); "I have you on my calendar for next Monday" docket - (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities | |
| 3. | calendar - a tabular array of the days (usually for one year) table, tabular array - a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" perpetual calendar - a chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the week corresponding to any given date over a long period of years | |
| Verb | 1. | calendar - enter into a calendar schedule - plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week" |
Translations
calendar [ˈkæləndəʳ]
A. N
1. (= chart) → calendario m
2. (= year) → calendario m
the Church calendar → el calendario eclesiástico
the university calendar (Brit) → el calendario universitario
the most important event in the sporting calendar → el acontecimiento más importante del año or calendario deportivo
the Church calendar → el calendario eclesiástico
the university calendar (Brit) → el calendario universitario
the most important event in the sporting calendar → el acontecimiento más importante del año or calendario deportivo
3. (Jur) → lista f (de pleitos)
calendar
n
→ Kalender m
(= schedule) → Terminkalender m; (Jur) → Prozessregister nt; calendar of events → Veranstaltungskalender m
calendar [ˈkælɪndəʳ] n → calendario
the Church calendar → il calendario ecclesiastico
calendar [ˈkælɪndəʳ] n → calendario
the Church calendar → il calendario ecclesiastico
the Church calendar → il calendario ecclesiastico
calendar [ˈkælɪndəʳ] n → calendario
the Church calendar → il calendario ecclesiastico
n calendar [ˈkӕləndə]
1 a table showing the months and days of the year Look at the calendar and tell me which day of the week November 22nd is. kalender, almanak تَقْويم ، روزنامه календар kalendář kalender der Kalender ημερολόγιο calendario kalender سالنامه؛ تقویم kalenteri calendrier לוּחַ שָׁנָה कैलेंडर kalendar; godišnjak naptár kalender tímatal, dagatal calendario カレンダー 달력 kalendorius kalendārs kalendar kalender kalender, almanakk, sjuende sans kalendarz calendário calendar календарь kalendár koledar kalendar almanacka, kalender ปฏิทิน takvim 日曆 календар تقویم ، جنتری lịch 日历
2 a list of important dates or events The football team's calendar is complete now. kalender قائِمَه، جَدْوَل календар rozpis kalender der Terminkalender λίστα προγραμματισμένων γεγονότων, ημερολόγιο calendario, agenda kalender(plaan) برنامۀ کار یک گروه؛ تقویم کاری kalenteri calendrier לוַּח אֵירוּעִים महत्वपूर्ण तिथियों या घटनाओं की सूची kalendar előjegyzések daftar acara listi, (leikja)skrá calendario 行事予定表 일정표 kalendorinis planas, tvarkaraštis kalendārais plāns jadual agenda avtaleliste, kalender kalendarz calendário calendar календарь kalendár rokovnik rokovnik kalender, förteckning รายการแสดงเวลานัด faaliyet programı 日程表 календар اہم تاریخوں کی فہرست lịch trình 日程表
calendar ends in -ar (not -er ).
calendar → تقويم kalendář kalender Kalender ημερολόγιο calendario kalenteri calendrier kalendar calendario カレンダー 달력 kalender kalender kalendarz calendário календарь kalender ปฎิทิน takvim lịch 日历
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