Gregorian

See also: gregorian, gregorián, and gregoriàn

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪɡɔːɹi.ən/

Adjective

Gregorian

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
• Gregorian mode
• Gregorian reform
• Gregorian telescope
• Gregorian year

 

Translations

of, or relating to a person named Gregory

• Belarusian: грыгарыя́нскі (hryharyjánski)
• Catalan: gregorià (ca)
• Danish: gregoriansk
• Finnish: gregoriaaninen (fi)
• French: grégorien (fr)
• German: gregorianisch (de)
• Irish: Greagórach
• Italian: gregoriano (it)
• Latin: Gregorianus (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gregoriansk

  Nynorsk: gregoriansk

• Polish: gregoriański (pl)
• Russian: григориа́нский (ru) (grigoriánskij)
• Spanish: gregoriano
• Swedish: gregoriansk (sv)
• Turkish: Gregoryen
• Ukrainian: григоріа́нський (hryhoriánsʹkyj)

Noun

Gregorian (plural Gregorians)

1. A member of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory