quinquennial

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30
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36
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/

Definition of quinquennial

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or related to a five-year period.
    “By a singular coincidence, the great master of the Dorian lyre was born during the celebration of the Pythia, the quinquennial festival of Apollo[…]”
    “The best data that BEA have come from the quinquennial censuses of business; these are used to “benchmark” the national accounts every five years and to compute new input-output tables.”
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adj

  1. Of or related to a five-year period.
    “By a singular coincidence, the great master of the Dorian lyre was born during the celebration of the Pythia, the quinquennial festival of Apollo[…]”
    “The best data that BEA have come from the quinquennial censuses of business; these are used to “benchmark” the national accounts every five years and to compute new input-output tables.”

noun

  1. Synonym of quinquennium, a five-year period.
  2. A 5th anniversary, particularly
  3. (historical)A 5th anniversary, particularly

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

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