adj
Meaning 1
Happening every three years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- triennial elections
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
triennial
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/tɹaɪˈɛni.əl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Lasting for three years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- triennial parliaments; a triennial reign
- September 13 1621, James Howell. letter to Sir William Saint John Triennial Subsidies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A third anniversary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 4
A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
occurring every third year or lasting 3 years
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tercentennial, tercentenary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anniversary, day of remembrance
History
Etymology
From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тригоди́шен (trigodíšen) — happening every three years
- Danish: treårig — happening every three years
- Finnish: kolmivuosittainen — happening every three years
- French: triennal — happening every three years
- Galician: trienal — happening every three years
- Italian: triennale — happening every three years
- Manx: tree bleeanagh — happening every three years
- Norwegian Bokmål: treårig — happening every three years
- Polish: cotrzyletni — happening every three years
- Portuguese: trienal — happening every three years
- Russian: трёхгоди́чный (trjoxgodíčnyj) — happening every three years
- Spanish: trienal — happening every three years
- Swedish: treårig — happening every three years
- Belarusian: трохгадо́вы (troxhadóvy) — lasting for three years
- Danish: treårig — lasting for three years
- Finnish: kolmivuotinen — lasting for three years
- French: triennal — lasting for three years
- Galician: trienal — lasting for three years
- German: dreijährig — lasting for three years
- Italian: triennale — lasting for three years
- Norwegian Bokmål: treårig — lasting for three years
- Polish: trzyletni — lasting for three years
- Russian: трёхле́тний (trjoxlétnij) — lasting for three years
- Russian: трёхгодово́й (trjoxgodovój) — lasting for three years
- Swedish: treårig — lasting for three years
- Ukrainian: трирі́чний (tryríčnyj) — lasting for three years
- Ukrainian: трилі́тній (trylítnij) — lasting for three years
- Bulgarian: тригоди́шнина (trigodíšnina) — plant that requires three years to complete its life cycle
- Manx: treebleeantag — plant that requires three years to complete its life cycle
Real reading context