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Definitions: Almanac |
AlmanacNoun1. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year. 2. An annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "almanac" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Almanac \Al"ma*nac\, noun. [from Late Latin expression almanac, almanach: compare to the French expression almanach, Spanish almanaque, Italian almanacco, all of uncertain origin.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of an almanac, means variable fortunes and illusive pleasures. To be studying the signs, foretells that you will be harassed by small matters taking up your time. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Almanac is the Arabic al manac (the diary). Verstegen says it is the Saxon al-mon-aght (all moon heed), and that it refers to the tallies of the full and new moons kept by our Saxon ancestors. One of these tallies may still be seen at St. John's College, Cambridge. Before printing, or before it was common:. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | An annual publication usually containing a calendar and other accompanying information, e. g. astronomical data. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
See also: List of almanacs, Gazetteer
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Almanac."
Synonym: AlmanacSynonym: farmer's calendar (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year. |
Almanac, calendar, ephemeris; register, registry; chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram. | |
List | Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre; directory, gazetter. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; |
Record | Gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook, petty cashbook; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Almanac |
| English words defined with "almanac": Clog almanac ♦ Fasti ♦ identify ♦ Lunar method ♦ Moon-culminating ♦ name, Nautical almanac, Naval tactics ♦ Runic staff. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "almanac": Abridged Nautical Almanac, Allestree, Almanac, American Nautical Almanac, astronomical constants ♦ Bankers' Almanac ♦ mail server ♦ navigational stars ♦ SPRING ♦ Zadkiel. (references) |
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Screenplays | In this case, apparently as trustworthy as the World Almanac (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Abe Burrows' Almanac (1950) | |
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 | Maria Mitchell Worked under contract to the Coast Survey in mid-1840's First woman professional to work for the Federal Government Famous astronomer, computer for the Nautical Almanac, professor at Vassar.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | "Signs of the Days in the Mexican Almanac" in: "Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America," by Alexander von Humboldt and translated by Helen Maria Williams, 1814. Vol. II, p. 34. Library Call Number C/gLH919.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Farmer consulting Farmers' Almanac.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of Harry Belafonte, in Almanac.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Portrait of Harry Belafonte, Almanac.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | His only books were an almanac and an arithmetic, in which last he was considerably expert. |
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Business | In 1990, according to the Rand McNally World Almanac, Argentina was rated number two for countries with the lowest crime/murder rates. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Almanac" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Almanac" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "almanac": almanac of the nobility ♦ Bankers' Almanac ♦ Clog almanac ♦ Farmer's almanac ♦ nautical almanac ♦ pocket almanac. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
farmer almanac | 5,518 | canadian farmer almanac | 25 |
almanac | 1,820 | witch almanac | 25 |
weather almanac | 477 | 2004 almanac farmer | 24 |
baseball almanac | 306 | chinese almanac | 23 |
world almanac | 302 | almanac canada farmer | 23 |
old farmer almanac | 273 | abril almanac | 23 |
almanac sports | 106 | famers almanac | 23 |
2003 farmer almanac | 104 | banker almanac | 22 |
poor richards almanac | 82 | job rated almanac | 22 |
almanac farmer weather | 79 | nautical almanac | 21 |
place rated almanac | 68 | almanac hagerstown | 21 |
writer almanac | 68 | daily almanac | 21 |
almanac mundial | 58 | online world almanac | 19 |
2003 almanac | 52 | a sand county almanac | 18 |
almanac online | 51 | country almanac | 17 |
almanac fishing | 46 | 2004 almanac | 16 |
almanac pageant | 40 | 2003 almanac world | 16 |
texas almanac | 38 | almanac nba | 16 |
almanac.com farmer | 34 | us almanac | 16 |
world almanac for kid | 29 | almanac of business and industrial financial ratio | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "almanac"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | almanak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | almanak (calendar), kalendar (calendar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تقويم (calendar, calibration, correction, schedule), روزنامة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | календар (calendar), годишник (annals, annual, catalogue, directory, yearbook), алманах (calendar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 年鑑 , 年历. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | almanach (yearbook), roèenka (annual, yearbook, year-book), kalendář (calendar, diary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | almanak, stjernekatalog (star catalogue), kalender (calendar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | almanak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | almanako. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نشریه ء اطلاعات عمومی , تقویم نجومی , تقویم سالیانه , سالنامه (Annals, Calendar, Yearbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | almanakka (calendar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | almanach. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | almenak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Jahrbuch (annual, year book, yearbook), Almanach (annual, year-book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ημερολόγιο (calendar, day book, diary, journal, log, log book, system log). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לוח ש " (calendar), אלמ ך. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | almanach (calendar), évkönyv (annals, annual, yearbook, year-book), naptár (calendar, diary, runic staff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | almanak (calendar), takwim (calendar), primbon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | almanacco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 暦 (calendar), アルペン種目 (Alpine events, Alpine sports, alumina, aluminium, aluminium foil, aluminium sash, aluminum, aluminum foil, anodized aluminum, armadillo, armagnac, tin foil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "よみ (calendar), アルマナック . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | meesaghan, feaillere (calendar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | almanak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | almanacay almanaque. (various references) almanah (calendar, year-book), calendar (calendar). (various references) календарь (calendar), альманах (calendar, miscellany). (various references) almanah (yearbook). (various references) almanaque (calendar), calendario (calendar, diary, schedule, timetable, time-table). (various references) kalender (calendar, calender, diary, yearbook), almanacka (calendar, calender, diary). (various references) almanak (calendar). (various references) щорічник (annals, annual, yearbook), календар (calendar, calends), альманах (calendar, miscellany). (various references) niên lịch (almanack), niên giám (almanack). (various references) amseroni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fastos. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "almanac": almanacs. (additional references) | |
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"Almanac" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alaman, alamanic, alamanni, Alamannia, Alanah, Alanna, alannah, alemanni, Alkmaar, allminac, Almahan, alman, almana, Almanach, almanack, almanc, almanic, Almanzar, Almara, Almaza, almenac, almenial, alminac, alminio, armana, armanac, Balmaha, Salmanov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "almanac" (pronounced ô"lmuna'k) |
| 3 | -n a' k | knickknack. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-l-m-n" | |
-2 letters: canal. | |
-3 letters: alan, alma, anal, calm, clam, clan, lama, mana. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, ama, ana, cam, can, lac, lam, mac, man, nam. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, am, an, la, ma, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-l-m-n" | |
+1 letter: almanacs, maniacal. | |
+2 letters: balmacaan, campanula. | |
+3 letters: ammoniacal, anatomical, animalcula, balmacaans, calamander, campanulas, catamenial, cavalryman, maniacally. | |
+4 letters: acclamation, analemmatic, calamanders, campanulate, egomaniacal, malfeasance, sacramental. | |
+5 letters: acclamations, anatomically, charlatanism, decalcomania, malfeasances, megalomaniac, monomaniacal, pyromaniacal, sacramentals. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 6D 61 6E 61 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. -- .- -. .- -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101101 01100001 01101110 01100001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l m a n a c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 006D 0061 006E 0061 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35787967806769 |
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