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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awl-muh-nak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl məˌnæk |
Définition of almanac
Origin :- late 14c., attested in Anglo-Latin from mid-13c., via Old French almanach or Medieval Latin almanachus, of uncertain origin. It is sometimes said to be from a Spanish-Arabic al-manakh "calendar, almanac," but possibly ultimately from Late Greek almenichiakon "calendar," which is said to be of Coptic origin.
- This word has been the subject of much speculation. Originally a book of permanent tables of astronomical data; one-year versions, combined with ecclesiastical calendars, date from 16c.; "astrological and weather predictions appear in 16-17th c.; the 'useful statistics' are a modern feature" [OED].
- noun document containing information for a year
- He should bring an almanac with him to know when the days go by.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- He showed me an almanac, which had a great circulation in the district.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- I must positively get an almanac, papa, or I shall make confusion in my dates.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- I could as soon compose an almanac as and a clue to this puzzle.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor » by Stephen Cullen Carpenter
- He took the Almanac from Timothy Turtle and they both sat down.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Timothy Turtle » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- Citoyenne, just cast your eye over your almanac, and you'll get the hang of it.
- Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
- In 1788 a ballad in an almanac brought the custom into popular ridicule.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Malkiel the First, who founded the Almanac, lay perdew all his life.
- Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
- Well, but how are you sure that—ahem—the Almanac person is also plural, Sir Tiglath?
- Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
- The last fact to know at this time about the Almanac is found on pages 94-95.
- Extract from : « Lectures in Navigation » by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
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