biennale

See also: biennálé

English

Etymology

From Italian biennale.

Noun

biennale (plural biennales)

1. A biennial celebration or exhibition
   • 2007 February 25, William Shaw, “We Are Not a Muse”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     In Venice for the 2005 biennale with the architect David Adjaye and the artist Olafur Eliasson. 6.

Translations

a biennial celebration or exhibition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙年展 / 双年展 (shuāngniánzhǎn) (exhibition)

• Finnish: biennaali (fi)
• French: biennale (fr) f
• German: Biennale (de) f
• Hungarian: biennálé (hu)
• Italian: biennale (it) f
• Japanese: ビエンナーレ (biennāre)
• Kazakh: биеннале (biennale)
• Korean: 비엔날레 (biennalle)
• Polish: biennale (pl) n
• Russian: биенна́ле (ru) n or f (bijennále), бьенна́ле (ru) n or f (bʹjennále)
• Swedish: biennal (sv) c
• Ukrainian: бієна́ле m or f (bijenále), б'єна́ле m or f (bʺjenále)

Anagrams

• balenine, labenine

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Switzerland):

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Adjective

biennale

1. feminine singular of biennal

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin biennālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.enˈna.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: bi‧en‧nà‧le

Adjective

biennale (plural biennali)

1. biennial (every two years)

Derived terms

• biennalmente

Noun

biennale f (plural biennali)

1. a celebration or exhibition held every two years

Further reading

• biennale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian biennale, from Late Latin biennalis. First attested in 1913.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɛnˈna.lɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɛ
• Syllabification: bien‧na‧le

Noun

biennale n (indeclinable)

1. biennale

   fotograficzne biennale ― a photographic biennale

   międzynarodowe biennale ― an international biennale

   ogólnopolskie biennale ― a General-Poland biennale

   tegoroczne biennale ― this year's biennale

   weneckie biennale ― Venetian biennale

   pierwsze biennale ― first biennale

   biennale architektury ― architecture biennale

   biennale fotografii ― photography biennale

   biennale grafiki ― graphics biennale

   biennale miniatur ― miniatures biennale

   biennale plakatu ― poster biennale

   biennale rzeźby ― scultping biennale

   biennale sztuki ― art biennale

   biennale tkaniny ― fabric biennale

   laureat biennale ― the winner of a biennale

   organizator biennale ― the organizor of a biennale

   otwarcie biennale ― the opening of a biennale

   uczestnik biennale ― biennale participant

Further reading

• biennale in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• biennale in Polish dictionaries at PWN