Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bimillennial

/baɪˈmɪlɛn.i.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bimil-len-ni-al
IPA: /baɪˈmɪlɛn.i.əl/

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The 2,000th anniversary of an event or happening.

adj

Occurring every 2,000 years.

Etymology

From Latin bimillennialis, from bi- (“two”) mill- (“thousand”) + enni(us) (“yearly”). By surface analysis, bi- + millennial. Compare bicentennial.

Inflected Forms

bimillennials (plural)

Synonyms

bimillennium

Questions

How do you pronounce bimillennial?: The recorded pronunciation is /baɪˈmɪlɛn.i.əl/.
What does bimillennial mean?: The 2,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
Where does bimillennial come from?: From Latin bimillennialis, from bi- (“two”) mill- (“thousand”) + enni(us) (“yearly”). By surface analysis, bi- + millennial. Compare bicentennial.

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