quarter-century

English

Etymology

From quarter- +‎ century.

Noun

quarter-century (plural quarter-centuries)

1. A period of twenty-five years.
   • 1978, Philip Larkin, The Winter Palace:

     I spent my second quarter-century
     Losing what I had learnt at university
     And refusing to take in what had happened since […]

Related terms

• half-century

Translations

period of twenty-five years

• Albanian: çerekshekull (sq) m
• Czech: čtvrtstoletí (cs) n
• Dutch: kwarteeuw (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: kvaronjarcento n
• Estonian: veerandsajand
• French: quart de siècle m
• German: Vierteljahrhundtert n
• Japanese: 四半世紀 (ja) (shihanseiki)
• Polish: ćwierćwiecze (pl) n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: štvrťstoročie n