Dictionary

trimester en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /t(ʃ)ɹaɪˈmɛs.təɹ/ (US)
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• /ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /tɹ(a)ɪˈmɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈt(ʃ)ɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/ (US)

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).

Meanings

1. A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
   • She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
2. One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
   • The school operates on a trimester schedule.

Forms

Coordinates

semester (term of an academic year) · quarter (term of an academic year)

Deriveds

trimestral · fourth trimester · midtrimester

Holonyms

academic year (term of academic year)

Hypernyms

term (term of academic year)

Synonyms

trisem

Translations (49)

pl trymestr (term of academic year) · nl trimester (term of academic year) · fr trimestre (period of three months) · no trimester (period of three months) · ru триме́стр (term of academic year) · la trimestris (period of three months) · pt trimestre (term of academic year) · it trimestre (period of three months) · pl trymestr (period of three months) · ru кварта́л (period of three months) · gl trimestre (period of three months) · ga ráithe (period of three months) · ro trimestru (term of academic year) · cmn 三月期 (period of three months) · fi kolmannes (period of three months) · hu trimeszter (period of three months) · ro trimestru (period of three months) · de Trimester (period of three months) · fi lukukausi (term of academic year) · eo trimestro (period of three months) · cmn 學期 /学期 (term of academic year) · ca trimestre (term of academic year) · km ត្រីមាស (period of three months) · ja 学期 (term of academic year) · bg тримесечие (period of three months) · nl kwartaal (period of three months) · ar أُثْلُوث (period of three months) · cs trimestr (period of three months) · nl trimester (period of three months) · es trimestre (period of three months) · hu trimeszter (term of academic year) · id kuartal (period of three months) · ca trimestre (period of three months) · id trimester (period of three months) · uk триме́стр (term of academic year) · ru триме́стр (period of three months) · hy քառորդ (period of three months) · sk trimester (period of three months) · hy քառորդ (term of academic year) · ar أُثْلُوث (term of academic year) · tr trimestır (period of three months) · tr çeyrekyıl (term of academic year) · pt trimestre (period of three months) · hy եռամսյակ (period of three months) · fi kolmekuukautisjakso (period of three months) · ka ტრიმესტრი (term of academic year) · eo trimestro (term of academic year) · tr çeyrekyıl (period of three months) · tr trimestır (term of academic year)