English Explanatory Dictionary

quinquennial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or related to a five-year period.
noun
  1. Synonym of quinquennium, a five-year period.
  2. A 5th anniversary, particularly
  3. Synonym of quinquennalia, the festival and religious ritual held in the 5th year of a Roman emperor's reign.

Pronunciation

/kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-quinquennial.wav

Word forms

quinquennial more quinquennial most quinquennial quinquennials

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).

Synonyms

quintennial pentennial quinquennalian quinquennal wooden anniversary quinquennium quinquennalia

Related words

quinquennalia

Derived words

quinquennially
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