quadrennium
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English
Etymology
From Late Latin quadrennium, from Latin quadriennium, from quadriennis (“4-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kwɑˈdrɛniəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɒˈdrɛnɪəm/, /kwəˈdrɛnɪəm/
Noun
quadrennium (plural quadrenniums or quadrennia)
- A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, vicennium, tricennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
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Related terms
- (adj.) quadrennial
References
- “quadrennium, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
