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triennial

/tɹaɪˈɛni.əl/

triennial adjective: happening every three years.

Adjective

triennial (not comparable)

  1. Happening every three years.
    • triennial elections
    • They were constantly summoned to a triennial festival : and the most approved songs delivered at this assembly were ordered to be preserved in the custody of the king's historian or antiquary1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry
  2. Lasting for three years.
    • triennial parliaments; a triennial reign
    • September 13 1621, James Howell. letter to Sir William Saint John
      Triennial Subsidies

Noun

triennial (plural triennials)

  1. A third anniversary.
  2. A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle.

triennial meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

triennial in Tamil

மூன்றாண்டுக்கு ஒருமுறை, மூன்றாண்டுக்கொருமுறை, மூவாண்டுக்கொரு முறை

triennial in Urdu

سہ سالہ

triennial in Malayalam

മുമ്മൂന്നാണ്ടിൽ ഒരിക്കൽ വരുന്ന

triennial in Kannada

ತ್ರೈವಾರ್ಷಿಕ

Synonyms of triennial

Forms of triennial

pluraltriennials

Origin of triennial

From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial.

Words that rhyme with triennial

Questions about triennial

What does triennial mean?
Triennial means happening every three years.
What is triennial in Tamil?
Triennial in Tamil is மூன்றாண்டுக்கு ஒருமுறை, மூன்றாண்டுக்கொருமுறை, மூவாண்டுக்கொரு முறை. See Triennial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is triennial?
Triennial can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce triennial?
Triennial is pronounced /tɹaɪˈɛni.əl/.

Words near triennial in the dictionary

  1. trielemental
  2. triels
  3. triene
  4. trienes
  5. triennia
  6. triennial
  7. triennially
  8. triennials
  9. triennium
  10. trienniums
  11. trienoic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: triennial (page history and authors); triennial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); triennial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); triennial (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); triennial (Kannada 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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