quarter-century

English

Etymology

quarter- +‎ century

Noun

quarter-century (plural quarter-centuries)

A period of twenty-five years.
- Philip Larkin, The Winter Palace
  I spent my second quarter-century
  Losing what I had learnt at university
  And refusing to take in what had happened since […]

Related terms

half-century

Translations

period of twenty-five years

Czech: čtvrtstoletí n
Esperanto: kvaronjarcento n
Estonian: veerandsajand
French: quart de siècle

Japanese: 四半世紀 (ja) (shihanseiki)
Polish: ćwierćwiecze n
Slovak: štvrťstoročie n

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