trimester

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English

WOTD – 31 July 2010

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/, /tɹ(a)ɪˈmɛs.tə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/, /tɹaɪˈmɛs.təɹ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

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.
    The school operates on a trimester schedule.

Hypernyms

  • (term of academic year): term

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Danish

Noun

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

  1. trimester

Declension

Declension of trimester
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trimester trimestret
trimesteret 		trimestre trimestrene
genitive trimesters trimestrets
trimesterets 		trimestres trimestrenes

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tri‧mès‧têr

Noun

trimèstêr (first-person possessive trimesterku, second-person possessive trimestermu, third-person possessive trimesternya)

  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

Etymology

Borrowed from French trimestre, from Latin trimēstris.

Noun

trimester c

  1. trimester

Declension

Declension of trimester 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trimester trimestern trimestrar trimestrarna
Genitive trimesters trimesterns trimestrars trimestrarnas

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