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Definition: Triennial |
TriennialAdjective1. Occurring every third year or lasting 3 years. Noun1. The 300th anniversary. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "triennial" was first used: 1640. (references) |
Synonyms: TriennialSynonyms: tercentenary (n), tercentennial (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity | Hourly; diurnal, daily; quotidian, tertian, weekly; hebdomadal, hebdomadary; biweekly, fortnightly; bimonthly; catamenial; monthly, menstrual; yearly, annual; biennial, triennial; centennial, secular; paschal, lenten; |
Vegetable | Annual; perennial, biennial, triennial; exotic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Triennial |
| English words defined with "triennial": Trieterical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "triennial": National Milk Laboratory Certification Program. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "triennial": Trieterics. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Beaumanoir Commandery #9 - K.T., Decatur, Ill., pilgrammage to Chicago, 31st triennial conclave, 1910. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Revolution prospects and strategies : War Resisters' International, 14th Triennial Conference, University of Sheffield, England, 22nd-27th July, 1972. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Tunisia | WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS ARE ESTABLISHED THROUGH TRIENNIAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE UGTT AND THE NATIONAL EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION (UTICA). (references) |
Italy | The Ministry of Health, through triennial national health plans, establishes the fundamental objectives of healthcare, including preventive care, therapy and rehabilitation. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Tunisia | The next round of triennial negotiations is to be held in 2002. The agreements signed in 2000 provided for annual wage increases ranging from 4 to 6 percent. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Triennial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 91.11% of the time. "Triennial" is used about 45 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) | 91.11% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.89% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "triennial": triennial valuation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
review triennial | 7 |
fcc review triennial | 6 |
triennial | 4 |
cycle torah triennial | 4 |
reading torah triennial | 2 |
asia pacific triennial | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "triennial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që zgjat tre vjet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | واقع كل ثلاث سنوات, ثلاثي السنوات, ثلاث سنوات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тригодишно растение, тригодишнина, три години. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 三年一次. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tříletý (three-year), tříletí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | treårlig vurdering (triennial valuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | driejaarlijkse evaluatie (triennial valuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هرسه سال یکبار, سه ساله . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kolmivuotinen (lasting three years). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | triennal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dreijährig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανά τρία έτη, τριετέσ συμβάν, τριετήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תלת ש תי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | háromévenként ismétlõdõ jelenség, három évig tartó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | valutazione triennale (triennial valuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 3년마다. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | treebleeantag, tree bleeanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iennialtray avaliação trienal (triennial valuation). (various references) trienal. (various references) трехлетие. (various references) trogodišnjica, trienale. (various references) trienal. (various references) üç yıllık, üç yılda bir olan. (various references) що трива" три роки, що повторю"ться через три роки, триріччя. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | triennium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "triennial": triennially, triennials. (additional references) | |
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"Triennial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tregenna, Triennale, triennel, trienniel, Troizenia, Trugenina. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "triennial" (pronounced trīe"nēul) |
| 6 | -ī e" n ē u l | biennial. |
| 5 | -e" n ē u l | bicentennial, centennial, decennial, millennial, perennial, quadrennial. |
| 4 | -n ē u l | ceremonial, colonial, intracranial, lineal, matrilineal, matrimonial, menial, patrilineal, testimonial. |
| 3 | -ē u l | actuarial, adverbial, adversarial, advertorial, aerial, alluvial, ambassadorial, antibacterial, arboreal, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biaxial, binomial, biomaterial, bronchial, burial, cereal, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, conspiratorial, convivial, curatorial, custodial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, endometrial, entrepreneurial, equatorial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, filial, fluvial, gubernatorial, immaterial, immemorial, imperial, industrial, janitorial, jovial, laryngeal, magisterial, malarial, managerial, marsupial, material, medial, memorial, mercurial, microbial, ministerial, myocardial, nomenclatorial, parochial, pictorial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, professorial, prosecutorial, proverbial, pseudopodial, radial, raptorial, remedial, reportorial, sartorial, secretarial, senatorial, serial, terrestrial, territorial, tracheal, trivial, tutorial, venereal, vestigial, vitriol. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-n-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: inertial, internal, triennia. | |
-2 letters: airline, aniline, entrain, inertia, lantern, latrine, lintier, nitrile, ratline, reliant, retinal, tinnier, trenail. | |
-3 letters: aliner, anilin, antler, entail, inaner, inlier, innate, intern, intine, lanner, larine, learnt, linear, linier, linnet, linter, nailer, narine, nitril, ratine, ratlin, renail, rental, retail, retain, retial, retina, tailer, tanner, tenail, tineal, tinier, tinner, trinal. | |
-4 letters: alert. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-n-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: triennials. | |
+2 letters: antiwrinkle, franklinite, inferential, insertional, interisland, interlacing, interlaying, interlinear, internalise, internality, internalize, inventorial, itinerantly, reinflating, reinflation, triennially. | |
+3 letters: antireligion, brilliantine, centralising, centralizing, eternalizing, franklinites, inordinately, interlaminar, interlapping, interlarding, interleaving, interlinears, interminable, interminably, internalised, internalises, internalized, internalizes, internuncial, interplaying, labyrinthine, nationalizer, neutralising, neutralizing, noneditorial, nonlinearity, nonrealistic, reimplanting, reinflations, reinstalling, streamlining, tripinnately, urinogenital. | |
+4 letters: antilittering, brilliantines, cantilevering, credentialing, externalising, externalizing, glycerinating, inegalitarian, inferentially, interactional, intercalating, intercalation, intercolonial, interlayering, interlinearly, intermarginal, internalising, internalities, internalizing, international, interplanting, interpleading, interpolating, interpolation, interregional, interrelating, interrelation, interterminal, inventorially, linearization, nationalizers, orientalizing, orientational, overinflating, overinflation, painterliness, reinoculating, reinoculation, renationalize, terminational, triamcinolone, ultrafeminine, vernalization. | |
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