triennial
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈɛniəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛniəl
Adjective
[edit]triennial (not comparable)
- Happening every three years.
- triennial elections
- 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
- They were constantly summoned to a triennial festival : and the most approved songs delivered at this assembly were ordered to be preserved in the custody of the king's historian or antiquary
- Lasting for three years.
- triennial parliaments; a triennial reign
- September 13 1621, James Howell. letter to Sir William Saint John
- Triennial Subsidies
Synonyms
[edit]- (rare): trieterical
Related terms
[edit]- (noun): triennium
Translations
[edit]happening every three years
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lasting for three years
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See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]triennial (plural triennials)
- A third anniversary.
- A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]plant that requires three years to complete its life cycle
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