adj
Meaning 1
Occurring twice a year; semiannual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
biannual
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bʌɪˈanjuːəl/
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General-American: /baɪˈænjuəl/
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CMU ARPABET: B AY0 AE1 N UW0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Occurring once every two years; biennial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, proscribed
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something occurring twice each year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
occurring or payable twice each year
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: semiannual, biyearly, half-yearly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English annual English biannual From bi- + annual.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: halfjaarlijks — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Finnish: puolivuosittainen — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Galician: bianual — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- German: halbjährlich — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Greek: εξαμηνιαίος (examiniaíos) — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Greek: διετής (dietís) — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Hindi: अर्धवार्षिक (ardhavārṣik) — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Hungarian: félévenkénti — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Irish: leathbhliantúil — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Italian: semestrale — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Norwegian: halvårlig — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Norwegian: halvårs- — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Portuguese: bianual — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Russian: полугоди́чный (polugodíčnyj) — occurring twice a year; semi-annual
- Spanish: bianual — occurring twice a year; semi-annual