quinquennial
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).
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editquinquennial (not comparable)
- Of or related to a five-year period.
- 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 56
- 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.
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editNoun
editquinquennial (plural quinquennials)
- Synonym of quinquennium, a five-year period.
- A 5th anniversary, particularly
Usage notes
editIn reference to the Roman festival, sometimes used in the plural to match Latin quinquennalia and provide for the variety of events.
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edit- (Roman festival): decennial, vicennial, tricennial
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