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almanac

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: [ˈɔl.mə.næk]
  • General-American: [ˈæl-]
  • cot-caught-merger: [ˈɑl.mə.næk]
  • cot-caught-merger: [ˈæl-]
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɔːl.mə.næk]
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɒl-]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 L M AH0 N AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: navigation

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in a satellite constellation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: annual, yearly, yearbook

5

noun

Meaning 5

an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: farmer's calendar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: annual, yearly, yearbook

History

Etymology

From Middle English almenak, from Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”), from Arabic الْمُنَاخ (al-munāḵ, “climate”).

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: almanak — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Arabic: رُوزْنَامَة (rūznāma) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Arabic: تَقْوِيم (taqwīm) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Armenian: տարեցույց (tarecʻuycʻ) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Armenian: ալմանախ (almanax) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Azerbaijani: almanax — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Belarusian: альмана́х (alʹmanáx) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Bulgarian: алмана́х (almanáh) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Catalan: almanac — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曆書 /历书 (lìshū) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皇曆 /皇历 (huánglì) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 年鑑 /年鉴 (niánjiàn) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Czech: almanach — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Danish: almanak — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Dutch: almanak — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Esperanto: almanako — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Esperanto: almanaĥo — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Estonian: almanahh — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Faroese: álmanakki — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Finnish: almanakka — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • French: almanach — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Galician: almanaque — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Galician: reportorio — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Galician: calandraxo — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Georgian: ალმანახი (almanaxi) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • German: Almanach — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Greek: αλμανάκ (almanák) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Greek: καζαμίας (kazamías) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Greek: μερομήνια (meromínia) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Hebrew: אַלְמָנָךְ (almanákh) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Hungarian: almanach — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Ido: almanako — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Indonesian: almanak — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Irish: almanag — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Italian: almanacco — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Japanese: 年鑑 (nenkan) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Japanese: アルマナック (arumanakku) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Kazakh: жыржинақ (jyrjinaq) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Kazakh: альманах (almanax) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Khmer: មហាសង្ក្រាន្ត (mĕəʼhaa sɑngkraan) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Korean: 연감 (yeon'gam) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Korean: 년감 (nyeon'gam) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Korean: 얼머낵 (eolmeonaek) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Kyrgyz: альманах (almanah) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Latin: fāstī — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Latin: almanacus — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Latvian: almanahs — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Lithuanian: almanachas — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Macedonian: алманах (almanah) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Malay: almanak — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Maltese: almanakk — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Manx: feaillere — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Manx: meesaghan — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Norman: almonnas — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: almanakk — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Occitan: almanac — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Persian: زیگ (zig) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Persian: دَفتَرِ سال (daftar-e sâl) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Persian: سالنَما (sâlnamâ) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Persian: سالنامه (sâlnâme) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Polish: almanach — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Portuguese: almanaque — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Romanian: almanah — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Russian: альмана́х (alʹmanáx) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Russian: календа́рь (kalendárʹ) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Scottish Gaelic: almanac — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Serbo-Croatian: алма̀нах — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Serbo-Croatian: almànah — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Slovak: almanach — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Slovene: almanah — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Spanish: almanaque — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Swedish: almanacka — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Tagalog: almanake — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Tajik: алманах (almanax) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Tatar: әлманах (älmanax) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Telugu: పంచాంగము (pañcāṅgamu) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Thai: กาลานุกรม (gaa-laa-nú-grom) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Tibetan: ལེ་ཐོ (le tho) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Turkish: almanak — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Ukrainian: альмана́х (alʹmanáx) — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Uzbek: almanax — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Vietnamese: lịch thư — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Welsh: almanac — book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 年鑒 /年鉴 (niánjiàn) — handbook published annually
  • Finnish: vuosikirja — handbook published annually
  • Galician: anuario — handbook published annually
  • Irish: almanag — handbook published annually
  • Kazakh: жыржинақ (jyrjinaq) — handbook published annually
  • Polish: almanach — handbook published annually
  • Portuguese: anuário — handbook published annually
  • Russian: альмана́х (alʹmanáx) — handbook published annually
  • Russian: ежего́дник (ježegódnik) — handbook published annually
  • Welsh: almanac — handbook published annually
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