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Definition: QUINQUENNIAL |
QUINQUENNIALAdjective1. Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event. |
Date "QUINQUENNIAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Etymology: Quinquennial \Quin*quen"ni*al\, adjective. [Latin expression quinquennalis and quinquennis; quinque five annus year. See Five, and compare to Biennial.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Political Economy | Malta | The chief of state (President) appoints as the head of government (Prime Minister) the leader of the party that gains a plurality of seats in the quinquennial elections for the unicameral legislature. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "QUINQUENNIAL" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "QUINQUENNIAL" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 80% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "QUINQUENNIAL": quinquennial grant. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "QUINQUENNIAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pesëvjeçar (five-year, lustral, Lustrum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | دائم (abiding, biennial, ceaseless, constant, everlasting, frequent, lasting, lingering, permanent, perpetual, regular, standing, substantive, unfailing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | петгодишнина, петгодишен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pìtiletý (five-year). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Femårig revision af kvoter (Quinquennial Review of Quotas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پنج ساله , هرپنج سال یکبار, دوره پنج ساله . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quinquennal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fünfjährig (five years old), alle fünf jahre stattfindend, alle fünf jahre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πενταετήσ (of five years). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ötéves évforduló, ötéves (five-year). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | quinquennale (five-year plan, quinquennal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | queigvleinoil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inquennialquay quinquenal (five-year), quinquênio (quinquennium). (various references) пятилетний (five-year), пятилетие (luster, lustre, lustrum, quinquennium). (various references) vreme od pet godina (quinquennium), petogodišnji (five-year). (various references) quiquenal, quinquenal (five-year). (various references) femårig (five-year-old, quinquennium). (various references) beş yıllık (quinquennially), beş yılda bir olan, beş yıl süren. (various references) що відбува"ться кожного п'ятого року, магістрат з повноваженнями на п'ять років, п'ятиріччя (lustrum, quinquennium), п'ятирічний (five-year). (various references) thời gian năm năm, lâu năm năm, kéo d i năm năm năm năm một lần. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "QUINQUENNIAL": quinquennially, quinquennials. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "QUINQUENNIAL" (pronounced 'Quin*quen"ni*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-n-n-n-q-q-u-u" | |
-1 letter: quinquennia. | |
-4 letters: aquiline, quiniela. | |
-5 letters: aniline, quinela, quinina, quinine, unequal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-n-n-n-q-q-u-u" | |
+1 letter: quinquennials. | |
+2 letters: quinquennially. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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