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tricentennial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
tri-cen-ten-ni-al
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The 300th anniversary of an event or happening.

adj

Occurring every three hundred (300) years.

Example Sentences

Etymology

By surface analysis, tri- + centennial and tri- + cent- + -ennial.

Inflected Forms

tricentennials (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

centennial bicentennial semiquincentennial sestercentennial quincentennial millennial tercentennial tricentenary

Synonyms

tricentenary tercentenary

Questions

What does tricentennial mean?
The 300th anniversary of an event or happening.
Where does tricentennial come from?
By surface analysis, tri- + centennial and tri- + cent- + -ennial.

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