yesteryear
yes·ter·year
yesteryear · yesteryears
минуле, минулий час
прошлое, былое, прошедшее время
Vergangenheit, Präteritum
Past years; time gone by; yorePast years; time gone by; yore.
UK/ˈjɛstəjɪə/US/ˈjɛstəɹˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/
» He chanted the tunes of yesteryear.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, poetic, uncountable)Past years; time gone by; yore.
einst
мину́вшинаmynúvšyna, мину́леmynúle
(countable, rare, uncountable)Last year.
Vorjahr
в прошлом годуv prošlom godu
торі́кtorík, мину́лого ро́куmynúloho róku
More definitions
- the time that has elapsed
Examples
8 sentencesHe chanted the tunes of yesteryear.
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
People often romanticize the traditions of yesteryear.
ruЛюди часто романтизируют традиции прошлого. — marafon
He's thinking of the snows of yesteryear.
We'll comfort ourselves with the songs of yesteryears.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 2
times gone by:
last year — see also last year:
Русский
By meaning 1
last year — see also last year:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
times gone by:
last year — see also last year:
Origin
From yester- + year.From yester- + year.
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Forms
plural: yesteryearsSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable