academic year

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk jɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk jɪɹ/

Noun

academic year (plural academic years)

1. (education) The annual period during which a student attends school, college or university.

   In many countries the academic year starts in September and finishes in August of the next calendar year.

Translations

time period

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學年／学年 (zh) (xuénián)

• Danish: akademisk år n
• Dutch: leerjaar (nl), studiejaar (nl), academiejaar (nl)
• Esperanto: lernojaro
• Estonian: õppeaasta (et)
• Finnish: akateeminen vuosi
• French: année académique f
• Georgian: აკადემიური წელი (aḳademiuri c̣eli), სასწავლო წელი (sasc̣avlo c̣eli)
• German: Studienjahr (de) n
• Greek: χρονιά (el) f (chroniá)
• Icelandic: skólaár n
• Indonesian: tahun ajaran (id) (non-tertiary education), tahun akademik (tertiary education)
• Japanese: 学年 (ja) (がくねん, gakunen)
• Korean: 학년 (ko) (hangnyeon)
• Persian: سال تحصیلی (sâl-e tahsili)
• Polish: rok akademicki m
• Portuguese: ano académico m (Portugal), ano acadêmico m (Brazil)
• Romanian: an universitar m, an de studiu m
• Russian: уче́бный год (ru) m (učébnyj god)
• Southern Altai: ӱредӱлӱ јыл (üredülü ǰïl)
• Spanish: curso (es) m, año académico m
• Swedish: läsår (sv) n
• Tagalog: taong panuruan

See also

• school year
• fiscal year