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triennial

[ trahy-en-ee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. occurring every three years.
  2. lasting three years.


noun

  1. a third anniversary.
  2. something that appears or occurs every three years.
  3. a period of three years; triennium.

triennial

/ traɪˈɛnɪəl /

adjective

  1. relating to, lasting for, or occurring every three years
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a third anniversary
  2. a triennial period, thing, or occurrence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • triˈennially, adverb
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Other Words From

  • tri·enni·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triennial1

First recorded in 1555–65; trienni(um) + -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triennial1

C17: from Latin triennium
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Example Sentences

The Daily Pic: The ICP's latest triennial expands what cameras can do.

For years, the triennial confab has been remarkable mostly for airy oratory by national leaders playing to the crowd back home.

The Daily Pic: At the New Museum Triennial, artists get ad men to polish communism's image.

It is one of the best works in the second New Museum triennial, which this time out has been titled “The Ungovernables.”

Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid, and Cynthia Smith curated the Triennial.

He maintained the connexion of church and state, and opposed triennial parliaments and the ballot.

The war mortality is excluded in every case where it was separately stated in the college Triennial, as indicated below.

The dreadful disorders of frequent elections have also necessitated a septennial instead of a triennial duration.

I do not seriously think this Constitution, even to the wrecks of it, could survive five triennial elections.

In some parishes a Triennial or even Septennial visit to the boundaries is considered sufficient.

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