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anniversary

noun · 4 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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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˌanɪˈvəːs(ə)ɹi/
  • SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌænɪˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌænəˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˌɛnɪˈvøːs(ə)ɾi/
  • Scotland: /ˌanɪˈvɛɾs(ə)ɾe/
  • Scotland: /-ɾɪ/
  • Scotland: /-ɾi/
  • Wales: /ˌanɪˈvøːs(ə)ɾi/
  • /ˌanɪˈveːs(ə)ɹi/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /ˌanɪˈvɛːs(ə)ɹi/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • CMU ARPABET: AE2 N AH0 V ER1 S ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

Such a day that commemorates a wedding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

Examples

  • We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: day of remembrance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

Narrower terms: birthday, jubilee, wedding anniversary, semicentennial, semicentenary, centennial, centenary, sesquicentennial, bicentennial, bicentenary, tercentennial, tercentenary, triennial, quatercentennial, quatercentenary, quincentennial, quincentenary, millennium, millenary, bimillennium, bimillenary

History

Etymology

From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).

Across languages

Translations

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: herdenking — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Albanian: përvjetor — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Southern Altai: јылдык (ǰïldïk) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Arabic: عِيد سَنَوِيّ (ʕīd sanawiyy) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Arabic: يُوبِيل (yūbīl) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Armenian: տարեդարձ (taredarj) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Armenian: հոբելյան (hobelyan) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Armenian: տարելից (tarelicʻ) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Azerbaijani: ildönümü — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Basque: urteurrena — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Belarusian: гадаві́на (hadavína) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Belarusian: юбіле́й (jubiljéj) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Belarusian: ро́чніца (róčnica) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Bulgarian: юбиле́й (jubiléj) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Bulgarian: годи́шнина (godíšnina) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Burmese: နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့ (hnacpatlanyne.) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Catalan: aniversari — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Cebuano: anibersaryo — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Chinese Mandarin: 週年 /周年 (zhōunián) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紀念日 /纪念日 (jìniànrì) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Crimean Tatar: yıldönüm — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Czech: výročí — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Danish: årsdag — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Dutch: jubileum — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Esperanto: datreveno — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Estonian: aastapäev — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Finnish: vuosipäivä — day an exact number of years since an event
  • French: anniversaire — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Friulian: inovâl — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Friulian: aniversari — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Galician: aniversario — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Georgian: წლისთავი (c̣listavi) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Georgian: დაბადების დღე (dabadebis dɣe) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • German: Jahrestag — day an exact number of years since an event
  • German: Jubiläum — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Greek: επέτειος (epéteios) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Ancient Greek: ἐνιαυτός (eniautós) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Haitian Creole: anivèsè — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Hindi: वर्षगाँठ (varṣagā̃ṭh) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Hindi: जयंती (jayantī) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Hindi: सालगिरह (sālgirah) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Hungarian: évforduló — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Hungarian: születésnap — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Icelandic: afmæli — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Icelandic: dánarafmæli — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Icelandic: ártíð — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Icelandic: dánardægur — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Ido: aniversario — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Indonesian: hari ulang tahun — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Indonesian: ulang tahun — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Irish: cothrom an lae — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Italian: anniversario — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Japanese: 記念日 (kinenbi) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Japanese: 周年 (shūnen) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Japanese: アニバーサリー (anibāsarī) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kannada: ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ (vārṣikōtsava) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kapampangan: caialdauan — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kapampangan: caialdauanan — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kapampangan: kayaldawan — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kapampangan: kayaldawanan — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kapampangan: anibersaryu — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Karelian: vuozipäivy — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kazakh: мерейтой (mereitoi) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kazakh: жылдық (jyldyq) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃខួប (thngay khuəp) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Korean: 기념일 (ginyeomil) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Korean: 주년 (junyeon) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Korean: 기념제 (ginyeomje) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Central Kurdish: ساڵوەگەڕ (sallwegerr) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Northern Kurdish: salveger — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Northern Kurdish: salroj — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Kyrgyz: жылдык (jıldık) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Lao: ວັນຄົບຮອບປີເກີດ (wan khop hǭp pī kœ̄t) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Lao: ຄົບຮອບ (khop hǭp) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Latin: natalis — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Latvian: gadadiena — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Latvian: jubileja — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Lithuanian: jubiliejus — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Lithuanian: metinės — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Macedonian: годишнина (godišnina) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Malay: ulang tahun — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Maltese: anniversarju — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Manchu: ᠪᠠᡵᡠᠨ (barun) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Māori: huritau — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Marathi: वाढदिवस (vāḍhdivas) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Mongolian: ойн баяр (ojn bajar) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Norwegian Bokmål: årsdag — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jubileum — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Pannonian Rusyn: рочнїца (ročnjica) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Pashto: سالګره (sālgerah) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Iranian Persian: سالْگَرْد (sâlgard) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Iranian Persian: سالْروز (sâlruz) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Plautdietsch: Joaresdach — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Polish: rocznica — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Polish: aniwersarz — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Portuguese: aniversário — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Romanian: aniversare — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Russian: годовщи́на (godovščína) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Russian: юбиле́й (jubiléj) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan bliadhnail — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Semai: ulag tahut — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Serbo-Croatian: јубѝлеј — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Serbo-Croatian: го̀дишњица — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀бљетница — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Serbo-Croatian: jubìlej — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Serbo-Croatian: gòdišnjica — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Serbo-Croatian: òbljetnica — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Slovak: výročie — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Slovene: obletnica — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Spanish: aniversario — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Swahili: maadhimisho ya miaka — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Swedish: årsdag — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Tagalog: anibersaryo — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Tajik: солгард (solgard) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Tajik: солона (solona) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Tajik: солрӯз (solrüz) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Thai: วันฉลองครบรอบ (wan-chà-lɔ̌ɔng-króp-rɔ̂ɔp) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Thai: วันครบรอบปี (wan-króp-rɔ̂ɔp-bpii) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Turkish: yıl dönümü — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Ukrainian: річни́ця (ričnýcja) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Ukrainian: ювіле́й (juviléj) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Urdu: سالْگِرَہْ (sālgirah) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Uyghur: يىللىق (yilliq) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Uzbek: yillik — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Vietnamese: ngày kỷ niệm — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Walloon: aniviersaire — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Welsh: cyfenw — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Welsh: pen-blwydd — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Yiddish: יאָרטאָג (yortog) — day an exact number of years since an event
  • Catalan: aniversari de noces — wedding anniversary
  • Czech: výročí svatby — wedding anniversary
  • Danish: bryllupsdag — wedding anniversary
  • Esperanto: jubileo — wedding anniversary
  • Finnish: hääpäivä — wedding anniversary
  • French: anniversaire de mariage — wedding anniversary
  • Galician: aniversario de voda — wedding anniversary
  • German: Hochzeitstag — wedding anniversary
  • Greek: επέτειος γάμου (epéteios gámou) — wedding anniversary
  • Hungarian: házassági évforduló — wedding anniversary
  • Icelandic: brúðkaupsafmæli — wedding anniversary
  • Japanese: 結婚記念日 (kekkon kinenbi) — wedding anniversary
  • Karelian: svuad'bupäivy — wedding anniversary
  • Latin: natalis — wedding anniversary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bryllupsdag — wedding anniversary
  • Iranian Persian: سالْگَرْد (sâlgard) — wedding anniversary
  • Iranian Persian: سالْگَرْدِ اِزْدِوَاج (sâlgard-e ezdevâj) — wedding anniversary
  • Polish: gody — wedding anniversary
  • Polish: rocznica ślubu — wedding anniversary
  • Portuguese: aniversário de casamento — wedding anniversary
  • Portuguese: bodas — wedding anniversary
  • Russian: юбиле́й (jubiléj) — wedding anniversary
  • Russian: годовщи́на (godovščína) — wedding anniversary
  • Slovak: výročie svadby — wedding anniversary
  • Swedish: bröllopsdag — wedding anniversary
  • Turkish: evlilik yıldönümü — wedding anniversary
  • Urdu: شادی کی سالْگِرَہْ (śādī kī sālgirah) — wedding anniversary
  • Welsh: penblwydd priodas — wedding anniversary
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