English-French translations for leap year

• année bissextile
  La date du 29 février a été indiquée, bien que ce ne soit pas une année bissextile. The date 29 February is printed even though it is not a leap year.

Definition of leap year

• A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year
• Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year

Related words

• leap
• leapfrog
• leaping
• leapling
• fleapit
• leap-frog
• leap day
• leap second
• leap frog