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anniversary

/ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/ Australia, UK
/ˌanɪˈvəːs(ə)ɹi/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌænɪˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/ Canada, US
/ˌænəˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/ Canada, US
/ˌænɪˈvɝʃ(ə)ɹi/ US, dialectal
/ˌænəˈvɝʃ(ə)ɹi/ US, dialectal
/ˌɛnɪˈvøːs(ə)ɾi/ New Zealand
/ˌanɪˈvɛɾs(ə)ɾe/ Scotland
/-ɾɪ/ Scotland
/-ɾi/ Scotland
/ˌanɪˈvøːs(ə)ɾi/ Wales
/ˌanɪˈveːs(ə)ɹi/
/ˌanɪˈvɛːs(ə)ɹi/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)səɹi, -ɜː(ɹ)sɹi

Where it comes from

From Middle English anniversary, annyversarie, annyverary, annyversarye, anyversarye, from Anglo-Norman aniversarie, anniversarie and Anglo-Norman, Old French, and Middle French aniversaire, anniversaire (modern French anniversaire) and their etymon Classical Latin anniversārius (“yearly”, in Medieval Latin also used as a noun, meaning “anniversary”, along with the neuter form anniversārium), from annus (“year”) + vertō (“to turn”, formed using its past participial stem, vers-). The verb is from the noun.

noun anniversaries

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. Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
especially Such a day that commemorates a wedding. We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
broadly 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). The occasion was the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 8 coup that brought General Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores to power.

Similar: anniv, yearday, yeartide

adjective more anniversary · most anniversary

rare, after 18th c. Lasting for or completed in a year. The Sunne by his anniverſary revolution maketh the day and the yeare; the Moone by her monethly courſe the Moneths and Quarters; […]
obsolete Synonym of yearly (“occurring once a year; recurring annually”). [L]ike as by yeerly acceſſe and anniverſarie revolutions, the forcible vigor of the peſtilence returneth for to irritate and provoke all Aſia; […]
Similar: yearly

verb anniversaries · anniversarying · anniversaried

informal, rare, transitive, after 19th c. To mark, commemorate, or celebrate the anniversary of (something). Most men, and most parties, and most nations, can gain no triumph over their opponents, without fêting and anniversarying it for ever after.
informal, intransitive To mark, commemorate, or celebrate an anniversary, especially a wedding anniversary. Lugar Brae anniversaried recently. Revs. G. Martin and C. W. Graham were the preachers. At the social Mr. Caleb Corbett was presented with a silver-plated inkstand as a marriage souvenir.
informal, transitive To pass the anniversary of (something), in the context of a company’s yearly financial report. In ’96, there are a number of good things happening. […] Obviously, too, you are anniversarying the effect of the devaluation of the peso.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: birthday, celebration, commemoration, age, holiday, commemorative, wedding, jubilee, marriage, memory, memorial, day, remembrance, remembering, pleasure, occasion

noun

Similar: anniv, yearday, yeartide

Translations

Every language

noun day an exact number of years since an event

Español	aniversario
한국어	기념일 ginyeomil, 주년 junyeon, 기념제 ginyeomje
日本語	記念日 kinenbi, 周年 shūnen, アニバーサリー anibāsarī
中文	週年 /周年 zhōunián, 紀念日 /纪念日 jìniànrì
हिन्दी	वर्षगाँठ varṣagā̃ṭh, जयंती jayantī, सालगिरह sālgirah
Kiswahili	maadhimisho ya miaka
Português	aniversário
Français	anniversaire
Deutsch	Jahrestag, Jubiläum
Italiano	anniversario
Ελληνικά	επέτειος epéteios
Română	aniversare
Русский	годовщи́на godovščína, юбиле́й jubiléj
Tiếng Việt	ngày kỷ niệm
العربية	عِيد سَنَوِيّ ʕīd sanawiyy, يُوبِيل yūbīl

noun wedding anniversary

日本語	結婚記念日 kekkon kinenbi
Português	aniversário de casamento, bodas
Français	anniversaire de mariage
Deutsch	Hochzeitstag
Ελληνικά	επέτειος γάμου epéteios gámou
Русский	юбиле́й jubiléj, годовщи́на godovščína

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@misc{anniversary_2026,
  title = {anniversary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anniversary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}