English

Noun

quinquennium ‎(plural quinquenniums or quinquennia)

1. A period of five years.

   During the quinquennium from 1991-1995, infant mortality increased.

Synonyms

• quinquenniad, quintennium

Related terms

• (adj.): quinquennial, quintennial
• (4-year period): quadrennium
• (6-year period): sexennium

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From quinque and annus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷinˈkʷen.ni.um/, [kᶣɪŋˈkᶣɛn.ni.ũ]

Noun

quinquennium n ‎(genitive quinquenniī); second declension

1. A period of five years.
2. a five-year term

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• quīnque
• quīnquennālis
• quīnquennis

References

• quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quinquennium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.