lunar year

English

Noun

lunar year (plural lunar years)

1. a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun

Translations

a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon

• Asturian: añu llunar m
• Bengali: চান্দ্র বছর (candro bochor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太陰年 / 太阴年 (zh) (tàiyīnnián)

• French: année lunaire (fr) f
• German: Mondjahr (de) n
• Japanese: 太陰年 (たいいんねん, taiinnen)
• Portuguese: ano lunar (pt) m
• Russian: лу́нный год m (lúnnyj god)

See also

• lunar calendar
• Chinese calendar
• Islamic calendar