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trimester

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English

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Etymology

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PIE word
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From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (of three months), from trēs (three) + mensis (month).

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trimester (plural trimesters)

  1. A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
    She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
  2. One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
    Synonym: trisem
    The school operates on a trimester schedule.

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  • (term of academic year): term

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Danish

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Noun

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trimester n (singular definite trimestret or trimesteret, plural indefinite trimestre)

  1. trimester

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch trimester, from French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (of three months), from trēs (three) + mensis (month).

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  • IPA(key): [triˈmɛstər]
  • Hyphenation: tri‧mès‧têr

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trimèstêr (uncountable)

  1. trimester: a period of three months or about three months.
    Synonyms: kuartal, triwulan
    1. (obstetrics) divisions of pregnancy period, each lasting for approximately 3 months.

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Swedish

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Borrowed from French trimestre, from Latin trimēstris.

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trimester c

  1. trimester

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