Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinquennalian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quin-quen-na-lian
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of quinquennial: Of or related to a 5-year period.

adj

Of or related to a quinquennalia.

Etymology

From Latin quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -an, from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quīnquennis

Synonyms

quinquennial

Questions

What does quinquennalian mean?: Synonym of quinquennial: Of or related to a 5-year period.
Where does quinquennalian come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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