bissextile

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bissextile

a leap year

bis·sex·tile

(bī-sĕk′stĭl, -stīl′, bĭ-)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a leap year.

2. Of or relating to the extra day falling in a leap year.

A leap year.

[Late Latin bissextīlis, containing an intercalary day, from bisextus (diēs), bis sextus (diēs) and Latin bisextum, intercalary day : bis, twice; see bis + sextus, sixth (because the sixth day before the Calends of March on February 24 occurred twice every leap year); see sext¹.]

bissextile

(bɪˈsɛkstaɪl)

adj

(Units) (of a month or year) containing the extra day of a leap year

a rare name for leap year

[C16: from Late Latin bissextilis annus leap year, from Latin bissextus, from bi-¹ + sextus sixth; referring to February 24, the 6th day before the Calends of March]

Translations

bisiesto

année bissextile bissextil

bissexto

bissextile

(form)

n → Schaltjahr nt

adj → Schalt-

References in periodicals archive ?

rent au calend une annAaAaAeA@e bissextile tous les 3 ans.

Yennayer et le calendrier Julien

Mais la frequence de ce [beaucoup moins que] sixieme jour bis [beaucoup plus grand que] n'etait pas suffisante pour combler une difference de revolution : ce calendrier ne distinguait pas les fins de siecle, et donc imposait une annee bissextile tous les quatre ans, sans exception, point barre.

Pourquoi le 29 fevrier ? Explication de texte

This corresponds to 8 years minus 2 days (or 8 years minus 1 day if the interval includes a non bissextile century year), and approximates within two days to 13 sidereal revolutions of the planet.