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quinquennalia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quin-quen-na-lia
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 5th year of rule.

Etymology

From Latin quīnquennālia, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to quinquennium + -alia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

quinquennalias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

decennalia quindecennalia vicennalia tricennalia

Synonyms

quinquennial quinquennials quinquennal quinquennals

Questions

What does quinquennalia mean?
The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 5th year of rule.
Where does quinquennalia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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