biennial

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin biennium (“two-year period”), from bis (“two”) + annus (“year”); equivalent to bi- +‎ -ennial.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈɛnɪəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɛnɪəl

AdjectiveEdit

biennial (not comparable)

1. Happening every two years.
2. Lasting for two years.

SynonymsEdit

• biennary (uncommon); biannual (proscribed)

Related termsEdit

• biennium
• biennially
• biannual, semiannual

TranslationsEdit

happening every two years

• Bulgarian: двугодишен (dvugodišen)
• Dutch: tweejaarlijks
• Finnish: joka (fi) toinen (fi) vuosi (fi) tapahtuva (fi)
• French: bisannuel (fr)
• German: bisannuel, zweijährig (de)
• Irish: débhliantúil

• Japanese: 二年ごとの (にねんごとの, ninen goto no)
• Manx: daa-vleinoil
• Russian: двухгоди́чный (ru) (dvuxgodíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà bhliadhnail
• Spanish: bienal (es)

lasting for two years

• Finnish: kaksivuotinen
• Greek: διετής (el) (dietís)
• Irish: débhliantúil
• Japanese: 二年間続く (にねんかんつづく, ninenkan tsuzuku), 二年生の (にねんせいの, ninensei no, botany)

• Manx: daa-vleinoil
• Russian: двухле́тний (ru) (dvuxlétnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà bhliadhnail
• Spanish: bienio (es) m

NounEdit

biennial (plural biennials)

1. A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinating and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies.

TranslationsEdit

plant

• French: bisannuelle (fr) f
• Irish: débhliantóg f

• Scottish Gaelic: lus dà bhliadhnail m

See alsoEdit

• annual
• perennial