English Explanatory Dictionary

tricennium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period of thirty years.

Word forms

tricennium tricennia tricenniums

Etymology

From Latin trīcennium, from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium, from trīciēs (“30 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to tricennial + -ium.

Related words

annum (1 year) biennium triennium quadrennium quinquennium sexennium septennium octennium novennium decennium vicennium centennium (100) quincentennium (500) millennium (1000) decamillennium (10,000) centimillennium (100,000) millionennium (1,000,000)

Derived words

tricennial
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