Gregorian

See also: gregorian, gregorián, and gregoriàn

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Gregory

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Gregorian

From Gregory + -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪˈɡɔːɹi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

Gregorian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a person named Gregory, especially any of the popes of that name.
2. Of or pertaining to the Gregorian calendar.

   An average Gregorian year is 365.2425 days.

3. Of or relating to James Gregory (mathematician), inventor of the Gregorian telescope.

Derived terms

• Gregorian calendar
• Gregorian chant
• Gregorianism
• Gregorianist
• Gregorian mode
• Gregorian reform
• Gregorian staff
• Gregorian telescope
• Gregorian tone
• Gregorian year

Translations

of, or relating to a person named Gregory

• Belarusian: грыгарыя́нскі (hryharyjánski)
• Catalan: gregorià (ca)
• Danish: gregoriansk
• Dutch: gregoriaanse (nl) m or f, gregoriaans (nl) n
• Finnish: gregoriaaninen (fi)
• French: grégorien (fr)
• German: gregorianisch (de)
• Hindi: ग्रेगोरियाई (gregoriyāī)
• Irish: Greagórach
• Italian: gregoriano (it)
• Latin: Gregorianus (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gregoriansk

  Nynorsk: gregoriansk

• Persian: گریگوری (fa)
• Polish: gregoriański (pl)
• Portuguese: gregoriano (pt)
• Russian: григориа́нский (ru) (grigoriánskij)
• Spanish: gregoriano
• Swedish: gregoriansk (sv)
• Tagalog: Gregoryano
• Turkish: Gregoryen
• Ukrainian: григоріа́нський (hryhoriánsʹkyj)
• Welsh: Gregoraidd

Noun

Gregorian (plural Gregorians)

1. A member of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory.