decennium

English

Etymology

From Latin decem (“ten”) + annum (“year”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛnɪəm/

Noun

decennium (plural decenniums or decennia)

  1. A period of ten years.
    • 1998, soc.culture.netherlands, Usenet‎:
      G.B. still has to cope with the heritage of approx. 20 years of consecutive Conservative reigns, just as you guys are getting your act together after almost a decennium of Enlightened Ronnie.
    • 1996, soc.culture.usa, Usenet‎:
      Christian leaders refused even to *look* through Galileo's telescope (as a matter of fact, the Vatican cleared Galileo's name only as late as in the previous decennium).

Usage notes

Although decade may be taken as any group of ten years, it is commonly restricted to the informal ten-year periods of the calendar whose last digits run from 0 to 9. Decennium &c. has no such restriction.

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Noun

decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën, diminutive decenniumpje n)

  1. a period of ten years

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deˈken.ni.um/, [dɛˈkɛn.ni.ũ]

Noun

decennium n (genitive decenniī); second declension

  1. decennium; decade

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative decennium decennia
genitive decenniī decenniōrum
dative decenniō decenniīs
accusative decennium decennia
ablative decenniō decenniīs
vocative decennium decennia
Derived terms
See also

References

  • decennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈsɛnɪɵm/
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Noun

decennium n

  1. decade; a period of ten years

Declension

Declension of decennium 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative decennium decenniet decennier decennierna
Genitive decenniums decenniets decenniers decenniernas
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