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leap year

/ˈliːp jɪə/

noun
- 1. a year, occurring once every four years, which has 366 days including 29 February as an intercalary day.
Word Origin late Middle English: probably from the fact that feast days after February in such a year fell two days later than in the previous year, rather than one day later as in other years, and could be said to have ‘leaped’ a day.
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Leap year
Type of year that has 366 days, instead of 365 for a common year
A leap year is a calendar year that contains an additional day compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year. Since astronomical events and seasons do not repeat in a whole number of days, calendars having a constant number of days each year will unavoidably drift over time with respect to the ev... Wikipedia
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