"decennium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈsɛnɪəm/ [UK] Forms: decenniums [plural], decennia [plural]
Etymology: From Latin decennium, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), from deciēs (“ten times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to decennial + -ium. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|decennium}} Latin decennium, {{m|la|decennis||10-year}} decennis (“10-year”), {{m|la|-ium||forming abstract nouns}} -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), {{m|la|deciēs||ten times}} deciēs (“ten times”), {{m|la|annus||year}} annus (“year”), {{m|la|-is||forming compound adjectives}} -is (“forming compound adjectives”), {{suffix|en|decennial|ium}} decennial + -ium Head templates: {{en-noun|s|decennia}} decennium (plural decenniums or decennia)
  1. Synonym of decade: a ten year period. Categories (topical): Ten, Time Synonyms: decade [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: decenniad Related terms: decennial [adjective], decennially [adverb] Related terms (10-year anniversary): decennial

Inflected forms

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