triennium

English

Etymology

From Latin triennium.

Noun

triennium (plural trienniums or triennia)

A period of three years.

Related terms

(adj.): triennial, trieterical
(2-year period): biennium
(4-year period): quadrennium, tetraeteris, tetraeterid

Translations

period of three years

French: triennal (fr) m
Galician: trienio m
German: Triennium (de) n

Latin: triennium n
Ukrainian: триріччя n (tryriččja)

Anagrams

nitrenium

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /triˈen.ni.um/

Noun

triennium n (genitive trienniī); second declension

triennium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	triennium	triennia
genitive	trienniī	trienniōrum
dative	trienniō	trienniīs
accusative	triennium	triennia
ablative	trienniō	trienniīs
vocative	triennium	triennia

Related terms

triennia

Descendants

English: triennium
Galician: trienio

References

triennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
triennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
triennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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