quinquennial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
Meanings
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Of or related to a five-year period.
By a singular coincidence, the great master of the Dorian lyre was born during the celebration of the Pythia, the quinquennial festival of Apollo[…]
1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 3, page 25:The best data that BEA have come from the quinquennial censuses of business; these are used to “benchmark” the national accounts every five years and to compute new input-output tables.
2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, page 56:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more quinquennial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most quinquennial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
pentennial · quinquennalian · quintennial · quinquennal
Translations (8)
it quinquennale (related to a 5 year period) · da femårig (related to a 5 year period) · ca quinquennal (related to a 5 year period) · la quinquennālis (related to a 5 year period) · unm palenàxk-kahtëni (related to a 5 year period) · ga cúigbhliantúil (related to a 5 year period) · ro cincinal (related to a 5 year period) · fr quinquennal (related to a 5 year period)