But where are the snows of yesteryear?
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Yesteryear
//ˈjɛstərjɪər//
Synonyms for "yesteryear" (26 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (6)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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Translations
71 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πέρυσι noun (last year — see also last year)
Armenian
1 entries- հերու noun (last year — see also last year)
Basque
1 entries- iaz noun (last year — see also last year)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лани noun (last year — see also last year)
Catalan
2 entries- antany noun (times gone by)
- antany noun (last year — see also last year)
Czech
1 entries- loni noun (last year — see also last year)
Danish
1 entries- i fjor noun (last year — see also last year)
Dutch
4 entries- gisterjaar noun (last year — see also last year)
- verleden noun (times gone by)
- voorbije noun (times gone by)
- weleer noun (times gone by)
Faroese
1 entries- í fjør noun (last year — see also last year)
Finnish
2 entries- menneet vuodet noun (times gone by)
- mennyt vuosi noun (last year — see also last year)
French
4 entries- an dernier noun (last year — see also last year)
- an passé noun (last year — see also last year)
- année dernière noun (last year — see also last year)
- année passée noun (last year — see also last year)
German
2 entries- Vorjahr noun (last year — see also last year)
- einst noun (times gone by)
Greek
3 entries- κάποτε noun (times gone by)
- πέρυσι noun (last year — see also last year)
- παλιά noun (times gone by)
Hebrew
1 entries- אשתקד noun (last year — see also last year)
Hungarian
1 entries- tavaly noun (last year — see also last year)
Icelandic
1 entries- í fyrra noun (last year — see also last year)
Ido
1 entries- olim noun (times gone by)
Irish
1 entries- anuraidh noun (last year — see also last year)
Italian
2 entries- anno scorso noun (last year — see also last year)
- passato noun (times gone by)
Japanese
1 entries- 去年 noun (last year — see also last year)
Korean
1 entries- 작년 noun (last year — see also last year)
Latvian
2 entries- pērn noun (last year — see also last year)
- pērngad noun (last year — see also last year)
Low German
1 entries- Vörjohr noun (last year — see also last year)
Middle High German
1 entries- vert noun (last year — see also last year)
Māori
3 entries- raurangi noun (times gone by)
- tauhouanga noun (last year — see also last year)
- tauhounga noun (last year — see also last year)
Norwegian
1 entries- i fjor noun (last year — see also last year)
Old Armenian
1 entries- հերու noun (last year — see also last year)
Old Norse
1 entries- fjǫrð noun (last year — see also last year)
Old Swedish
1 entries- fiordh noun (last year — see also last year)
Persian
1 entries- دیسال noun (last year — see also last year)
Portuguese
3 entries- ano passado noun (last year — see also last year)
- antanho noun (last year — see also last year)
- outrora noun (times gone by)
Russian
1 entries- в прошлом году noun (last year — see also last year)
Sanskrit
1 entries- परुत् noun (last year — see also last year)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lani noun (last year — see also last year)
- лани noun (last year — see also last year)
Slovak
1 entries- vlani noun (last year — see also last year)
Slovene
1 entries- láni noun (last year — see also last year)
Spanish
3 entries- antaño noun (times gone by)
- antaño noun (last year — see also last year)
- año pasado noun (last year — see also last year)
Swedish
2 entries- i fjol noun (last year — see also last year)
- i fjor noun (last year — see also last year)
Turkish
1 entries- bıldır noun (last year — see also last year)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мину́вшина noun (times gone by)
- мину́ле noun (times gone by)
- мину́лого ро́ку noun (last year — see also last year)
- торі́к noun (last year — see also last year)
Vietnamese
3 entries- ngày xưa noun (times gone by)
- thời xưa noun (times gone by)
- xưa noun (times gone by)
Welsh
2 entries- llynedd noun (times gone by)
- llynedd noun (last year — see also last year)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
There, gazing at the ceiling, as my cigar slowly gives off a bluish smoke that dissipates like morning mist, I see your smile once more, the lovely smile of yesteryear.
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The most peaceable tribes of today were often ravagers of yesteryear and will probably again produce soldiers and murderers in the future.
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The teacher of yesteryear allowed intelligent students to express themselves: he often spent his time only giving advice. He was like the person responsible for the distribution of irrigation water in the villages: he only channelled the water to the right recipient.
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