trimester
UK/ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)//ˈt(ʃ)ɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/
trimester noun: a period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
Noun
trimester (plural trimesters)
- A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
- She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
- One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
- The school operates on a trimester schedule.
- Synonyms:
- trisem
trimester meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
trimester in Hindi
- त्रिमासिकी
trimester in Tamil
- முப்பருவக் கல்வித்திட்டம், முப்பருவம், மூன்று மாதக் காலம்
trimester in Marathi
- त्रिमासीक, त्रिमासिका
trimester in Urdu
- ٹرائمیسٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- trimester in Bengali
- ট্রাইমেস্টার
- trimester in Gujarati
- ટ્રાઇમેસ્ટર
- trimester in Nepali
- ट्राइमेस्टर, त्रिमासीक
- trimester in Arabic
- أُثْلُوث ʔuṯlūṯ
- trimester in Indonesian
- trimester, kuartal
Synonyms of trimester
Forms of trimester
| plural | trimesters |
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Origin of trimester
PIE word *tréyes From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).
Words formed from trimester
Words that rhyme with trimester
Questions about trimester
- What does trimester mean?
- Trimester means a period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
- What is trimester in Hindi?
- Trimester in Hindi is त्रिमासिकी. See Trimester meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trimester?
- Trimester is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trimester?
- Trimester is pronounced /ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of trimester?
- The plural of trimester is trimesters.
Words near trimester in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trimester (page history and authors); trimester (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimester (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trimester (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimester (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimester (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimester (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimester (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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