an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.
Compare leap year.
Origin of common year
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby common year
commonwealth, Commonwealth Day, Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth of Independent States, Commonwealth of Nations, common year, common yellow throat, commorancy, commotion, commove, comms
Why Do We Have Leap Year?In order to keep the calendar cycle synchronized with the seasons, one extra day is (usually) added every four years as February 29. How did this come to be?