Definition

1. Noun:
   • Almanac: A book or table published every year that contains a calendar, important dates, astronomical information, and often various facts, statistics, and forecasts.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông tôi tra cứu ngày tốt trong cuốn niên lịch. (My grandfather looked up the auspicious day in the almanac.)
  • Niên lịch này còn có thông tin về thời tiết và chu kỳ thủy triều. (This almanac also contains information about weather and tidal cycles.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "niên lịch" is specifically used for traditional or reference almanacs. It is not typically used for common wall calendars or planners, which are more accurately called "lịch" or "lịch bloc".

Variants and Related Words

• Lịch (n): Calendar. A general term for any system or object that shows days, weeks, and months.

  • Cô ấy treo tờ lịch mới lên tường. (She hung the new calendar sheet on the wall.)

• Lịch vạn niên (n): Perpetual calendar. A calendar that can be used for many years.

  • Anh ấy sử dụng một cuốn lịch vạn niên để tính toán. (He uses a perpetual calendar for calculations.)

Synonyms

• Almanac: An annual publication containing a calendar and other information.
• Yearbook: A book published yearly, especially one containing facts and data about the previous year (this is a related, but not exact, synonym as "yearbook" often focuses on records and events, not daily calendrical data).

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using the word "niên lịch".

1. Almanach