quadrennialとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Latin quadriennium (“four-year period”), from quattuor (“four”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, quadr- +‎ -ennial.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /kwɒˈdɹɛn.i.əl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /kwɑˈdɹɛni.əl/
• 韻: -ɛniəl

形容詞

quadrennial (not comparable)

1. Happening every four years.

   Synonym: (rare) quadannual

   • 1852, Millard Fillmore, State of the Union Address:

     The quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off with less than the usual excitement.

2. Lasting for four years.

派生語

• quadrennially

関連する語

• triennial
• biennial
• perennial
• annual

名詞

quadrennial (plural quadrennials)

1. A four-year period, a quadrennium.
   • 2002, Rowing News, volume 9, number 14, page 20:

     International rowing's elite tend to think in terms of quadrennials — the four-year cycle between Olympic Games — but the addition of the light women's double to Olympic program prior to the 1996 Atlanta Games has also brought distinct eras to the event.