quinquennium

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Scrabble points
32
Words With Friends
39
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/kwɪŋˈkwɛniəm/
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/kwɪŋˈkwɛniəm/ · /kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪəm/ · /kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm/

Definition of quinquennium

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A period of five years.
    “During the quinquennium from 1991 to 1995, infant mortality increased.”

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Etymology

From Latin quīnquennium, from quinquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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