"triennial" meaning in English

See triennial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɹaɪˈɛniəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-triennial.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛniəl Etymology: From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|triennium||three-year period}} Latin triennium (“three-year period”), {{m|la|tres||three}} tres (“three”), {{m|la|annus||year}} annus (“year”), {{surf|en|tri-|-ennial}} By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} triennial (not comparable)
  1. Happening every three years. Tags: not-comparable Translations (happening every three years): тригоди́шен (trigodíšen) (Bulgarian), treårig (Danish), kolmivuosittainen (Finnish), triennal (French), trienal (Galician), triennale (Italian), tree bleeanagh (Manx), treårig (Norwegian Bokmål), cotrzyletni (Polish), trienal (Portuguese), трёхгоди́чный (trjoxgodíčnyj) (Russian), treårig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-triennial-en-adj-E9le~h9D Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tri- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 39 23 10 28 Disambiguation of 'happening every three years': 82 18
  2. Lasting for three years. Tags: not-comparable Translations (lasting for three years): трохгадо́вы (troxhadóvy) (Belarusian), treårig (Danish), kolmivuotinen (Finnish), triennal (French), trienal (Galician), dreijährig (German), triennale (Italian), treårig (Norwegian Bokmål), trzyletni (Polish), трёхле́тний (trjoxlétnij) (Russian), трёхгодово́й (trjoxgodovój) (Russian), treårig (Swedish), трирі́чний (tryríčnyj) (Ukrainian), трилі́тній (trylítnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-triennial-en-adj-x3zVvBvG Disambiguation of 'lasting for three years': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trieterical [rare] Related terms: triennium [noun], triennially

Noun

IPA: /tɹaɪˈɛniəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-triennial.wav [Southern-England] Forms: triennials [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛniəl Etymology: From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|triennium||three-year period}} Latin triennium (“three-year period”), {{m|la|tres||three}} tres (“three”), {{m|la|annus||year}} annus (“year”), {{surf|en|tri-|-ennial}} By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial Head templates: {{en-noun}} triennial (plural triennials)
  1. A third anniversary.
    Sense id: en-triennial-en-noun-F-Mcqaf0
  2. A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle. Categories (topical): Three Translations (plant that requires three years to complete its life cycle): тригоди́шнина (trigodíšnina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), treebleeantag [feminine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-triennial-en-noun-HyW4HcKk Disambiguation of Three: 31 27 3 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ennial, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 3 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 9 3 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ennial: 24 12 7 56 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 10 5 66 Disambiguation of 'plant that requires three years to complete its life cycle': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: biennial, triennium, triannual

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happening every three years",
      "word": "trienal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjoxgodíčnyj",
      "sense": "happening every three years",
      "word": "трёхгоди́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happening every three years",
      "word": "treårig"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "troxhadóvy",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "трохгадо́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "treårig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "kolmivuotinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "triennal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "trienal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "dreijährig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "triennale"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "treårig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "trzyletni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjoxlétnij",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "трёхле́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjoxgodovój",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "трёхгодово́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "treårig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryríčnyj",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "трирі́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "trylítnij",
      "sense": "lasting for three years",
      "word": "трилі́тній"
    }
  ],
  "word": "triennial"
}

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      "name": "surf"
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      "word": "biennial"
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    },
    {
      "word": "triannual"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle."
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trigodíšnina",
      "sense": "plant that requires three years to complete its life cycle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тригоди́шнина"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "plant that requires three years to complete its life cycle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "treebleeantag"
    }
  ],
  "word": "triennial"
}

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