trimester

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
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.

/ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/ /tɹ(a)ɪˈmɛs.tə(ɹ)/ /ˈt(ʃ)ɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/ /t(ʃ)ɹaɪˈmɛs.təɹ/ en-us-trimester.ogg en-au-trimester.ogg

trimester trimesters

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

trisem

fourth trimester

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