annoin world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 年とし toshi —
English year /jɪr/ —
French an /ɑ̃/ masculine
Spanish! año /ˈa.ɲo/ masculine
German Jahr /jaːɐ̯/ neuter
Korean 해 hae —
Chinese 年Same in traditional nián —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

Check before using it as a name

  • Spanish “año”: Written without the tilde, ano means “anus” — make sure the ñ is kept.

Language notes

  • Japanese (年)Read nen (ねん) when counting years.
  • French (an)A year as a span of time is année (f).
  • Korean (해)해 also means “sun”. When counting years, 년 (nyeon) is used.