annual

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English

Etymology

First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ju.əl/, /ˈæn.jəl/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ju.əl/
• (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /ˈænɪu̯.əl/
• Rhymes: -ænjuəl, -ænjəl

Adjective

annual (not comparable)

1. Happening once every year.

   an annual general meeting;  an annual publication
2. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

3. (botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.
4. (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

Synonyms

• (in senses 1 and 2): yearly

Derived terms

Related terms

• biennial
• perennial

Translations

See also

• per annum

Noun

annual (plural annuals)

1. An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.

2. (botany) An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial.

3. A medical checkup taking place once a year.
4. (theater) A pantomime taking place once a year.

Derived terms

Translations

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English annual leave.

Pronunciation

Noun

annual

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) annual leave

Portuguese

Adjective

annual m or f (plural annuaes)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of anual.

Scots

Alternative forms

• annuall, annwall, annowell, annuail

Pronunciation

• (Hawick dialect) IPA^(key): /ɑːnwʌull/

Noun

annual (not comparable)

1. annual.