different between triennium vs triennial

English

Etymology

From Latin triennium.

Noun

triennium (plural trienniums or triennia)

1. A period of three years.

Related terms

• (adj.): triennial, trieterical
• (2-year period): biennium
• (4-year period): quadrennium, tetraeteris, tetraeterid

Translations

Anagrams

• nitrenium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tri?en.ni.um/, [t??i??n?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tri?en.ni.um/, [t??i??n?ium]

Noun

triennium n (genitive trienni? or trienn?); second declension

1. triennium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• triennia

Descendants

• Catalan: trienni
• English: triennium
• Galician: trienio

References

• triennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”); surface analysis tri- +? -ennial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a???n??l/
• Rhymes: -?n??l

Adjective

triennial (not comparable)

1. Happening every three years.
   • 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry

     They were constantly summoned to a triennial festival : and the most approved songs delivered at this assembly were ordered to be preserved in the custody of the king's historian or antiquary

2. Lasting for three years.
   • September 13 1621, James Howell. letter to Sir William Saint John

     Triennial Subsidies

Synonyms

• (rare): trieterical

Related terms

• (noun): triennium

Translations

See also

• triennially

Noun

triennial (plural triennials)

1. A third anniversary.
2. A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle.

Translations

Related terms

• biennial
• triennium
• triannual