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leap day

The correct spelling is leap day.

How to pronounce leap day

/liːp deɪ/
noun

IPA: /liːp deɪ/

Say it like: Lee-p d-aee

The correct spelling is leap day. An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting cen…

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noun

  1. 1.An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.

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