adv · 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.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈjɛstəjɪə/
General-American:/ˈjɛstəɹˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/
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General-South-African:/ˈjestəjøː/
/ˈjɛstəjɜː/Wales, other regions
CMU ARPABET:Y EH1 S T ER0 Y IH2 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In past years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Past years; time gone by; yore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, poetic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Last year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the time that has elapsed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
forget the past
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: past, past times
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time
Narrower terms: yore, bygone, water under the bridge, old, history, time immemorial, time out of mind, auld langsyne, langsyne, old times, good old days, yesterday
History
Etymology
From yester- + year.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
antany
— times gone by
Dutch:
weleer
— times gone by
Dutch:
voorbije
— times gone by
Dutch:
verleden
— times gone by
Finnish:
menneet vuodet
— times gone by
French:
jadis
— times gone by
French:
antan
— times gone by
German:
einst
— times gone by
Greek:
κάποτε
(kápote)
— times gone by
Greek:
παλιά
(paliá)
— times gone by
Ido:
olim
— times gone by
Italian:
passato
— times gone by
Māori:
raurangi
— times gone by
Polish:
minione lata
— times gone by
Portuguese:
outrora
— times gone by
Spanish:
antaño
— times gone by
Ukrainian:
мину́вшина
(mynúvšyna)
— times gone by
Ukrainian:
мину́ле
(mynúle)
— times gone by
Vietnamese:
xưa
— times gone by
Vietnamese:
thời xưa
— times gone by
Vietnamese:
ngày xưa
— times gone by
Welsh:
llynedd
— times gone by
Armenian:
հերու
(heru)
— last year — see also last year
Old Armenian:
հերու
(heru)
— last year — see also last year
Basque:
iaz
— last year — see also last year
Bulgarian:
лани
(lani)
— last year — see also last year
Catalan:
antany
— last year — see also last year
Czech:
loni
— last year — see also last year
Danish:
i fjor
— last year — see also last year
Dutch:
gisterjaar
— last year — see also last year
Faroese:
í fjør
— last year — see also last year
Finnish:
mennyt vuosi
— last year — see also last year
French:
année passée
— last year — see also last year
French:
an passé
— last year — see also last year
French:
année dernière
— last year — see also last year
French:
an dernier
— last year — see also last year
German:
Vorjahr
— last year — see also last year
Middle High German:
vert
— last year — see also last year
Greek:
πέρυσι
(pérysi)
— last year — see also last year
Ancient Greek:
πέρυσι
(pérusi)
— last year — see also last year
Hebrew:
אשתקד
(eshtakád)
— last year — see also last year
Hungarian:
tavaly
— last year — see also last year
Icelandic:
í fyrra
— last year — see also last year
Irish:
anuraidh
— last year — see also last year
Italian:
anno scorso
— last year — see also last year
Japanese:
去年
(Kyonen)
— last year — see also last year
Kashmiri:
پَرُس
(parus)
— last year — see also last year
Korean:
작년
(jangnyeon)
— last year — see also last year
Latvian:
pērn
— last year — see also last year
Latvian:
pērngad
— last year — see also last year
Low German:
Vörjohr
— last year — see also last year
Māori:
tauhouanga
— last year — see also last year
Māori:
tauhounga
— last year — see also last year
Norwegian:
i fjor
— last year — see also last year
Old Norse:
fjǫrð
— last year — see also last year
Persian:
دیسال
(disâl)
— last year — see also last year
Polish:
zeszły rok
— last year — see also last year
Portuguese:
ano passado
— last year — see also last year
Portuguese:
antanho
— last year — see also last year
Russian:
в прошлом году
(v prošlom godu)
— last year — see also last year
Sanskrit:
परुत्
(parut)
— last year — see also last year
Serbo-Croatian:
lani
— last year — see also last year
Serbo-Croatian:
лани
— last year — see also last year
Slovak:
vlani
— last year — see also last year
Slovene:
láni
— last year — see also last year
Spanish:
antaño
— last year — see also last year
Spanish:
año pasado
— last year — see also last year
Swedish:
i fjol
— last year — see also last year
Swedish:
i fjor
— last year — see also last year
Old Swedish:
fiordh
— last year — see also last year
Turkish:
bıldır
— last year — see also last year
Ukrainian:
торі́к
(torík)
— last year — see also last year
Ukrainian:
мину́лого ро́ку
(mynúloho róku)
— last year — see also last year