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語源

From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/, /tɹ(a)ɪˈmɛs.tə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/, /tɹaɪˈmɛs.təɹ/
• 韻: -ɛstə(ɹ)

名詞

trimester (plural trimesters)

1. A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.

   She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.

2. 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.

   Synonym: trisem

   The school operates on a trimester schedule.

上位語

• (term of academic year): term

Holonyms

• (term of academic year): academic year

等位語

• (term of an academic year): quarter, semester

派生語

アナグラム

• remitters, trimeters, trimetres