quinquennat

French

Etymology

From quinquennal (“five-year”) +‎ -at or Latin quinquennatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.ke.na/, (also) /kɥɛ̃.kɥe.na/

Noun

quinquennat m (plural quinquennats)

1. a five-year term in government

   Le quinquennat du Président de la République démocratique du Congo.

   The five-year term of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Related terms

• biennat
• triennat
• quadriennat
• septennat

Further reading

• Quinquennat (politique) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “quinquennat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.