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biennary

biennary adjective: synonym of biennial: of or concerning a two-year period; lasting or occurring every two years.

Adjective

biennary (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of biennial: of or concerning a two-year period; lasting or occurring every two years.
    • The first expedient adopted to reconcile the lunar and solar years seems to have been the addition of a month of thirty days to every second year. Two lunar years would thus contain 25 months, or 738 days, while two solar years, of 365¼ days each, contain 730½ days. The difference of 7½ days was...1878, W.S.B. Woolhouse & al., "Calendar" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 668
    Synonyms:
    biennial

Synonyms of biennary

Origin of biennary

From Latin biennium (“a two-year period”) + -ary (“forming adjectives”).

Questions about biennary

What does biennary mean?
Biennary means synonym of biennial: of or concerning a two-year period; lasting or occurring every two years.
What part of speech is biennary?
Biennary is an adjective.

Words near biennary in the dictionary

  1. Bienkov
  2. Bienkowski
  3. Bienkowskis
  4. biennale
  5. biennales
  6. biennary
  7. Bienne
  8. bienness
  9. biennia
  10. biennial
  11. bienniality

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