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quadrennial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kwɒˈdɹɛn.i.əl/ (UK)
• /kwɑˈdɹɛni.əl/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriennium (“four-year period”), from quattuor (“four”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, quadr- + -ennial.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Happening every four years.
   • The quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off with less than the usual excitement. 1852, Millard Fillmore, State of the Union Address:
2. (not-comparable) Lasting for four years.

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Deriveds

quadrennially

Relateds

perennial · biennial · annual · triennial

Synonyms

quadannual

Translations (9)

uk чотирирі́чний (lasting for four years) · da firårig (happening every four years) · cmn 四年一次的 (happening every four years) · el τετραετής (happening every four years) · pl coczteroletni (happening every four years) · pl czteroletni (lasting for four years) · cmn 為期四年的 /为期四年的 (lasting for four years) · ru четырёхле́тний (lasting for four years) · da firårig (lasting for four years)

quadrennial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kwɒˈdɹɛn.i.əl/ (UK)
• /kwɑˈdɹɛni.əl/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriennium (“four-year period”), from quattuor (“four”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, quadr- + -ennial.

Meanings

1. A four-year period, a quadrennium.
   • International rowing's elite tend to think in terms of quadrennials — the four-year cycle between Olympic Games — but the addition of the light women's double to Olympic program prior to the 1996 Atlanta Games has also brought distinct eras to the event. 2002, Rowing News, volume 9, number 14, page 20:

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