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septennium

UK/sɛpˈtɛnɪəm/US/sɛpˈtɛniəm/

septennium noun: a period of seven years.

Noun

septennium (plural septenniums or septennia)

  1. A period of seven years.
    • It might be sufficient to answer, that, of the septennium required for the arts degree in the old system the greater portion is now spent at school.1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies...
    Synonyms:
    septenniad

septennium meaning in Tamil

septennium in Tamil

ஏழாண்டுக் காலம்

Synonyms of septennium

  • septenniad

Forms of septennium

pluralseptenniums
pluralseptennia

Origin of septennium

From Late Latin septennium, from septennis (“7-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Questions about septennium

What does septennium mean?
Septennium means a period of seven years.
What is septennium in Tamil?
Septennium in Tamil is ஏழாண்டுக் காலம். See Septennium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is septennium?
Septennium is a noun.
How do you pronounce septennium?
Septennium is pronounced /sɛpˈtɛniəm/ (US).
What is the plural of septennium?
The plural of septennium is septenniums.

Words near septennium in the dictionary

  1. septennates
  2. septennia
  3. septennial
  4. septenniality
  5. septennially
  6. septennium
  7. septenniums
  8. septentrial
  9. septentrigintillion
  10. Septentrio
  11. septentrion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: septennium (page history and authors); septennium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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