triennial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /tɹaɪˈɛni.əl/
Etymology
From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Happening every three years.
triennial elections
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
1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
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(not-comparable) Lasting for three years.
triennial parliaments; a triennial reign
September 13 1621, James Howell. letter to Sir William Saint John Triennial Subsidies
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pt trienal (happening every three years) · ru трёхгодово́й (lasting for three years) · fr triennal (happening every three years) · fr triennal (lasting for three years) · uk трирі́чний (lasting for three years) · sv treårig (happening every three years) · de dreijährig (lasting for three years) · nb treårig (lasting for three years) · pl trzyletni (lasting for three years) · ru трёхгоди́чный (happening every three years) · ru трёхле́тний (lasting for three years) · uk трилі́тній (lasting for three years) · gl trienal (happening every three years) · it triennale (happening every three years) · be трохгадо́вы (lasting for three years) · da treårig (lasting for three years) · es trienal (happening every three years) · bg тригоди́шен (happening every three years) · nb treårig (happening every three years) · gv tree bleeanagh (happening every three years) · da treårig (happening every three years) · pl cotrzyletni (happening every three years) · sv treårig (lasting for three years) · gl trienal (lasting for three years) · fi kolmivuosittainen (happening every three years) · fi kolmivuotinen (lasting for three years) · it triennale (lasting for three years)