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millennium
English
Alternative forms
- millenium (archaic)
Etymology
From Late Latin millennium, from Latin m?lle (“thousand”) + -ennium (from annus (“year”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??l?n??m/
Noun
millennium (plural millennia or millenniums)
- A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
- (Christianity) The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
- A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.
- (with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.
Synonyms
- yearthousand
- kiloyear (kyr)
- kiloannum (ka)
Derived terms
- decamillennium
- centimillennium
- millennial
- millennium bug
- millionennium
Translations
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mil?ni?m/, [mi?l?n?i?m]
Noun
millennium n (singular definite millenniet, plural indefinite millennier)
- millennium
Inflection
Synonyms
- årtusinde
Further reading
- millennium on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin m?llennium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi?l?.ni.?m/
- Hyphenation: mil?len?ni?um
Noun
millennium n (plural millennia, diminutive milleniumtje n)
- millennium
Latin
Etymology
From m?lle and annus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mi?l?len.ni.um/, [mi?l??l??n?i???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mil?len.ni.um/, [mil?l?n?ium]
Noun
m?llennium n (genitive m?llenni? or m?llenn?); second declension
- millennium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
millennium n (definite singular millenniet, indefinite plural millennier, definite plural millennia or millenniene)
- millennium
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
millennium n (definite singular millenniet, indefinite plural millennium, definite plural millennia)
- millennium
Swedish
Noun
millennium n
- a millennium, a period of one thousand years
Declension
Synonyms
- årtusende
See also
- år
- århundrade
- årtionde
- decennium
- sekel
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decennium
English
Etymology
From Latin decem (“ten”) + annum (“year”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??s?n??m/
Noun
decennium (plural decenniums or decennia)
- A period of ten years.
Usage notes
Although decade may be taken as any group of ten years, it is commonly restricted to the informal ten-year periods of the calendar whose last digits run from 0 to 9. Decennium &c. has no such restriction.
Synonyms
- decenniad
- decennary
- (in some contexts): decade
Related terms
- (adj.): See decennial
- (adv.): See decennially
- (10-year anniversary): decennial
- millennium
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From Latin decennium.
Noun
decennium n (singular definite decenniet, plural indefinite decennier)
- decade; a period of ten years
Declension
Further reading
- “decennium” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “decennium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin decennium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?de??s?.ni.?m/
- Hyphenation: de?cen?ni?um
- Rhymes: -?ni?m
Noun
decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën or decenniums, diminutive decenniumpje n)
- A decade, a period of ten years.
Synonyms
- decade (rare)
- jaartiental
Latin
Etymology
decennis +? -ium
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de?ken.ni.um/, [d???k?n?i???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de?t??en.ni.um/, [d???t???n?ium]
Noun
decennium n (genitive decenni? or decenn?); second declension
- decennium; decade
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- duodecennium
Related terms
- biennium
- triennium
- quadriennium
- quinquennium
- sexennium
- septuennium
- octennium
- vicennium
- tricennium
See also
- biduum
- triduum
- trimenium
References
- decennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennier, definite plural decennia or decenniene)
- alternative spelling of desennium
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennium, definite plural decennia)
- alternative spelling of desennium
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??s?n??m/
Noun
decennium n
- decade; a period of ten years
Declension
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