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I need words that mean
"happens once every two years"
"happens once every three years"
"happens once every four years"
"happens once every five years"

2006-09-05 05:53:48 · 6 answers · asked by cmajastin0710 2 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

6 answers

biennial
triennial
quadrennial
quinquennial (from Latin "quinque" for "five")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary#Latin-derived_numerical_names
(list continues up to ten, with many other significant intervals)

2006-09-05 06:42:32 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0 0

happens every :
2 yrs---> biennially
3 yrs--> triennially
4 yrs--> tetriennally
5 yrs--> pentennially

2006-09-05 06:01:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0 1

occurum quine annum

2006-09-05 06:51:48 · answer #3 · answered by Book of Changes 3 · 0 0

biennial, triennial, quadrennial, quintennial

2006-09-05 11:25:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I just know bianual.

2006-09-05 06:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by CuriousGeorge 1 · 0 1

biennial
triennial
quadrennial
quinennial?

I'm not sure about the last one...

2006-09-05 05:59:44 · answer #6 · answered by columbia11 2 · 0 1

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