almanach

First attested in the 16th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈalmanax]
• Hyphenation: al‧ma‧nach

almanach m inan

1. almanac

   Synonym: sborník

• “almanach”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “almanach”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Inherited from Middle French almanach.

• IPA^(key): /al.ma.na/, /al.ma.nak/

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• Rhymes: -a, -ak
• Homophone: almanachs

almanach m (plural almanachs)

1. almanac

The pronunciation without /k/ used to be predominant until the mid 20th century. Some dictionaries recommended to sound it in liaison. In contemporary European French, the variant with final /k/ has become dominant.^[1]

• → Turkish: almanak

• “almanach”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From German Almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Byzantine Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká, “calendar”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlmɒnɒxː]
• Hyphenation: al‧ma‧nach
• Rhymes: -ɒx

almanach (plural almanachok)

1. almanac

• almanachi

• almanach in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• almanach in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Old French almanach.

almanach ? (plural almanachs)

1. almanac

• French: almanach
  • → Turkish: almanak

Borrowed from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”), from Arabic الْمُنَاخ (al-munāḵ, “climate”) or Byzantine Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká, “calendar”), perhaps of Coptic origin. The middle syllable -man- may be influenced by Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

almanach oblique singular, m (oblique plural almanachs, nominative singular almanachs, nominative plural almanach)

1. almanac

• Middle French: almanach
  • French: almanach
    • → Turkish: almanak
• → Middle Dutch: almanag
  • Dutch: almanak
    • Afrikaans: almanak
    • Negerhollands: almanak
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: almanák
    • → Caribbean Javanese: almenak
    • → Indonesian: almanak
    • → Sundanese: almenak
  • → German: Almanach
    • → Czech: almanach
    • → Hungarian: almanach
    • → Polish: almanach
    • → Slovak: almanach
• → Middle English: almenak
  • English: almanac
  • Scots: almanac
• → Irish: almanag

Internationalism; compare English almanac. Possibly borrowed from German Almanach, French almanach, or Spanish almanaque,^[1] ultimately from Medieval Latin almanachus,^[2] further etymology disputed. First attested in 1560.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /alˈma.nax/

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• Rhymes: -anax
• Syllabification: al‧ma‧nach

almanach m inan

1. almanac, yearbook (book or table listing events for the year from a given field)
2. (literature) anthology of material published at the same time
3. (astronomy, obsolete) almanac (book or table listing astronomical events for the year)

• almanach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• almanach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.03.2009), “ALMANACH”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “almanach”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “almanach”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “almanach”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 26

Derived from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic المناخ (al-manāḵ), from Arabic الْمُنَاخ (al-munāḵ), from Byzantine Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká). See almanac for more.

• IPA^(key): /almanax/, [ˈalmanax]
• Rhymes: -anax
• Hyphenation: al‧ma‧nach

almanach m inan (relational adjective almanachový)

1. almanac

   Synonym: ročenka

• “almanach”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026