Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

year-old

/jiɹ oʊld/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.54 in modern English

Syllables: year-old
IPA: /jiɹ oʊld/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the age of one year.

noun

Someone or something of the age of one year.

Example Sentences

"He bought a year-old car."
"The year-olds are kept in the field all winter, in the same way as the calves, but get straw instead of hay, till near Christmas. They, of course, require more hay than the calves; but much hay is saved by their eating up the rough grass, left by the cows that pastured the ground in the summer, the calves and the year-olds being kept, during winter, in the old pasture-lands, never upon the poor, wet, thin clay."
"The year-olds were promising; but as fillies alter much after that age, it is uncertain how these may turn out."
"The year-olds are put into pens by themselves, so that when breeding time comes the addition of the cockerels is all that is necessary."

Etymology

The combining form -year-old dates from Middle English (ȝeer old(e), yeer old(e), yere old(e)).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jiɹ oʊld/

Inflected Forms

yearold (alternative) year-olds (plural)

Phrases

day-old

Frequently Paired Words

day-old

Synonyms

year-young

Questions

How do you pronounce year-old?: The recorded pronunciation is /jiɹ oʊld/.
What does year-old mean?: Of the age of one year.
Where does year-old come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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