Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinquennial

/kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: quin-quen-ni-al
IPA: /kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/

30

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or related to a five-year period.

noun

Synonym of quinquennium, a five-year period.

noun

A 5th anniversary, particularly

noun

A 5th anniversary, particularly

Example Sentences

"By a singular coincidence, the great master of the Dorian lyre was born during the celebration of the Pythia, the quinquennial festival of Apollo[…]"
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quīnquenniālis

Inflected Forms

more quinquennial (comparative) most quinquennial (superlative) quinquennials (plural)

Derived Forms

quinquennially

Frequently Paired Words

quinquennalia decennial vicennial tricennial

Synonyms

quinquennium quinquennalia pentennial quintennial quinquennalian quinquennal wooden anniversary

Questions

How do you pronounce quinquennial?: The recorded pronunciation is /kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/.
What does quinquennial mean?: Of or related to a five-year period.
Where does quinquennial come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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