triennium
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin triennium, from triennis (“3-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /traɪˈɛniəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /trʌɪˈɛnɪəm/
NounEdit
triennium (plural trienniums or triennia)
- A period of three years.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
HypernymsEdit
- See Thesaurus:trio
Related termsEdit
- (adj.): triennial, triennal, trieterical, trienniated
- (adv.): triennially
TranslationsEdit
period of three years
ReferencesEdit
- “triennium, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈen.ni.um/, [t̪riˈɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈen.ni.um/, [t̪riˈɛnːium]
NounEdit
triennium n (genitive trienniī or triennī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | triennium | triennia |
Genitive | trienniī triennī1 |
trienniōrum |
Dative | trienniō | trienniīs |
Accusative | triennium | triennia |
Ablative | trienniō | trienniīs |
Vocative | triennium | triennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “triennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette