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bissextil

Definition: (adj) leap (in calendar terms)

Savez-vous que 2012 est une année bissextile et que le 29 février est une journée bissextile ? - Do you know that 2012 is a leap year and that 29 February is a leap day?

(click the little graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)

Pronunciation: [bee sehk steel]
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