OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1353

leap year

/ˈliːp ˌjɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
año bisiesto • bisiesto
A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
The additional day which occurred every fourth year [after the Julian Reform] was given to February, as being the shortest month, and was inserted in the calendar between the twent…
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