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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin biennālis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.eˈnaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /bjeˈnaw/
- Rhymes: (Portuga) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: bi‧e‧nal
Adjective
bienal m or f (plural bienais)
- biennial (happening every two years)
- Synonym: bianual
Noun
bienal f (plural bienais)
- biennial exhibition or show
- (botany) a plant whose lifespan lasts two years
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French biennal.
Noun
bienal f (plural bienali)
- biennial
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjeˈnal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bie‧nal
Adjective
bienal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienales)
- biennial, two-year
- Synonym: bianual
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Noun
bienal f (plural bienales)
- biennial exhibition or show
2015 July 19, “La putinización del arte cubano”, in El País:Políticamente imaginativos como pueden parecer, los artistas participantes en la bienal fueron incapaces de inventar una defensa de las libertades artísticas y civiles, e hicieron silencio ante la censura y la represión de su colega Tania Bruguera, quien había vuelto al país meses antes con el propósito de realizar una performance en la plaza de la Revolución.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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