quinquennium (redirected from quinquenniums)

quin·quen·ni·um  (kwn-kwn-m, kwng-)

n. pl. quin·quen·ni·ums or quin·quen·ni·a (-kwn-)

A period of five years.

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[Latin qunquennium : qunque, quinque- + annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]

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quinquennium [kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm]

n pl -nia [-nɪə]

a period or cycle of five years

[from Latin quinque five + annus year]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quinquennium - a period of five years period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

Translations

quinquennium [kwɪŋˈkwenɪəm] N (quinquennia (pl)) [kwɪŋˈkwenɪə] → quinquenio m

quinquennium

n pl <quinquennia> (form) → Jahrfünft nt