Gregorian calendar

English

Etymology

Named after Pope Gregory XIII who decreed it should be used.

Proper noun

Gregorian calendar

1. The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.

Synonyms

• Christian calendar

Hyponyms

• proleptic Gregorian calendar

Translations

calendar

• Albanian: kalendari gregorian
• Arabic: as opposed to the Julian calendar: التقويم الغربي‎‎ m (at-taqwīm al-ġarbī); as opposed to the Islamic calendar: التقويم الميلادي‎‎ m (at-taqwīm al-mīlādī), combining both specifications: التقويم الميلادي الغربي‎‎ m (at-taqwīm al-mīlādī al-ġarbī)
• Armenian: գրիգորյան օրացույց (grigoryan ōracʿuycʿ)
• Azerbaijani: Qriqori təqvimi
• Belarusian: грыгарыя́нскі калянда́р m (hryharyjánski kaljandár)
• Bulgarian: григориа́нски календа́р m (grigoriánski kalendár)
• Catalan: calendari gregorià m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 公曆, 公历 (gung¹ lik⁶), 陽曆, 阳历 (joeng⁴ lik⁶), 西曆, 西历 (sai¹ lik⁶), 新曆, 新历 (san¹ lik⁶), 太陽曆, 太阳历 (taai³ joeng⁴ lik⁶), 格里曆, 格里历 (gaak³ lei⁵ lik⁶), 格裡曆 or 格裏曆, 格里历 (gaak³ leoi⁵ lik⁶), 國瑞曆, 国瑞历 (gwok³ seoi⁶ lik⁶), 額我略曆, 额我略历 (ngaak⁶ ngo⁵ leok⁶ lik⁶), 格列高利曆, 格列高利历 (gaak³ lit⁶ gou¹ lei⁶ lik⁶), 格里高利曆, 格里高利历 (gaak³ lei⁵ gou¹ lei⁶ lik⁶), 格裡高利曆 or 格裏高利曆, 格里高利历 (gaak³ leoi⁵ gou¹ lei⁶ lik⁶), 格勒哥里曆, 格勒哥里历 (gaak³ lak⁶ go¹ lei⁵ lik⁶), 格里高里曆, 格里高里历 (gaak³ lei⁵ gou¹ lei⁵ lik⁶), 格裡高裡曆 or 格裏高裏曆, 格里高里历 (gaak³ leoi⁵ gou¹ leoi⁵ lik⁶)

  Hakka: 陽曆, 阳历 (yòng-la̍k), 新曆, 新历 (sîn-la̍k)

  Mandarin: 公曆 (zh), 公历 (zh) (gōnglì), 陽曆 (zh), 阳历 (zh) (yánglì), 西曆 (zh), 西历 (zh) (xīlì), 新曆 (zh), 新历 (zh) (xīnlì), 太陽曆 (zh), 太阳历 (zh) (tàiyánglì), 國曆 (zh), 国历 (zh) (guólì), 格裡曆 (zh) or 格裏曆 (zh) or 格里曆 (zh), 格里历 (zh) (Gélǐlì), 國瑞曆, 国瑞历 (Guóruìlì), 額我略曆 (zh), 额我略历 (zh) (Éwǒlüèlì), 格列高利曆 (zh), 格列高利历 (Géliègāolìlì), 格裡高利曆 or 格裏高利曆 or 格里高利曆, 格里高利历 (Gélǐgāolìlì), 格勒哥里曆, 格勒哥里历 (Gélègēlǐlì), 格裡高裡曆 or 格裏高裏曆 or 格里高里曆, 格里高里历 (Gélǐgāolǐlì)

  Min Nan: 新曆 (zh-min-nan), 新历 (sin-le̍k), 陽曆 (zh-min-nan), 阳历 (iông-le̍k), 國曆, 国历 (kok-le̍k), 西曆, 西历 (se-le̍k)

• Czech: gregoriánský kalendář m
• Danish: den gregorianske kalender c
• Dutch: gregoriaanse kalender m
• Esperanto: gregoria kalendaro
• Estonian: gregoriuse kalender
• Finnish: gregoriaaninen kalenteri
• French: calendrier grégorien (fr) m
• Galician: calendario gregoriano (gl) m, luairo m, calendraxo m, pernóstico m
• Georgian: გრიგორიანული კალენდარი (grigorianuli ḳalendari)
• German: Gregorianischer Kalender m
• Greek: Γρηγοριανό ημερολόγιο n (Grigorianó imerológio)
• Hindi: ग्रेगोरी कैलेंडर (grēgōriyan kailēṇḍar), ग्रेगोरी कैलेंडर (gargōrī kalaḍar)
• Hungarian: Gergely-naptár (hu)
• Ido: Gregoriala kalendario
• Indonesian: kalender Gregorius
• Italian: calendario gregoriano m
• Japanese: グレゴリオ暦 (ja) (guregorio-reki)

• Kazakh: григориан күнтізбесі (grïgorïan küntizbesi)
• Korean: 그레고리오력 (geuregorioryeok)
• Kyrgyz: григорий жылсанагы (grigoriy cılsanagı)
• Latvian: gregora kalendārs m
• Ligurian: lunâio gregoriàn m, calendâio gregoriàn m
• Lithuanian: grigaliaus kalendorius m
• Macedonian: грегоријански календар m (gregorijanski kalendar)
• Malay: kalendar Gregory
• Maltese: kalendarju gregorjan m
• Mongolian: григорийн тоолол (grigorijn toolol)
• Norwegian: gregoriansk kalender m
• Persian: گاه‌شماری میلادی‎‎ (gâh-šomâri-ye milâdi)
• Polish: kalendarz gregoriański m
• Portuguese: calendário gregoriano (pt) m
• Romanian: calendar gregorian n
• Russian: григориа́нский календа́рь m (grigoriánskij kalendárʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грегоријански календар m

  Roman: gregorijanski kalendar m

• Sinhalese: ග්‍රෙගරි දිනදසුන (g‍regari dinadasuna)
• Slovak: gregoriánsky kalendár m
• Slovene: gregorijanski koledar m
• Spanish: calendario gregoriano m
• Swedish: gregorianska kalendern (sv) c, nya stilen (sv) c
• Tajik: гоҳшумори мелодӣ (gohšumori melodī)
• Thai: ปฏิทินเกรโกเรียน (bpà-dtì-tin gray-goh-rian)
• Turkish: Gregoryen takvimi, miladi takvim
• Ukrainian: григоріа́нський календа́р m (hryhoriánsʹkyj kalendár)
• Vietnamese: lịch Gregorius

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December