bissexte
French, noun/bi.sɛkst/
bissexte is spelled B-I-S-S-E-X-T-E (8 letters). Bissexte is a French masculine noun meaning “leap day” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le 29 février d’une année bissextile, jour bissextil, jour intercalaire”.
What does bissexte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleap day
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le 29 février d’une année bissextile, jour bissextil, jour intercalaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bissexte
- bissextes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bissexte?
- /bi.sɛkst/
- \bi.sɛkst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.