biennial
Meaning of biennial
- taking place every other year.
the first of a series of biennial exhibitions
- (of a plant) taking two years to grow from seed to fruition and die.
- a biennial plant.
- an event celebrated or taking place every two years.
the top antiques fairs are the Milan and Florence biennials
early 17th century: from Latin biennis (from bi- ‘twice’ + annus ‘year’) + -al.
Information about biennial
- The plural form of biennial is: biennials.
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Hyphenation of biennial
bi-en-nial
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- biennial is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
biennial synonyms
Meaning biyearly:
Translation of biennial
- French: bisannuel, biennal
- German: zweijährlich, zweijährig
- Spanish: bienal
- Italian: biennale
Words that rhyme with biennial
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