English

Etymology
From the Latin adjective anniversarius, "returning yearly", from vertere, "to turn", + annus, "year".

Noun
en-noun|anniversaries

1. Of a significant event, a day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since the event occurred; often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years that have elapsed since the event.

#:Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.

1. Specifically, a wedding anniversary.

#:We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.

Translations
trans-top|day an exact number of years since an event
Czech: výro�í n
French: anniversaire m
German: Jahrestag m, Hochzeitstag m (2)
Italian: anniversario m
Japanese: �念� (kinenbi)
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Maltese: anniversarju
Russian: годов�ина (godovš�ina) m
Slovene: obletnica f (1,2)
Spanish: aniversario m
Turkish: yıl dönümü
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wedding anniversary
See wedding anniversary

See also
wedding anniversary
birthday

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