Definitions For Quinquennial
Noun
QUINQUENNIAL (plural QUINQUENNIALs) {{synonym of, en, quinquennium, nodot=a}}, a five-year period. A 5th anniversary, particularly (historical) {{synonym of, en, quinquennalia, nodot=1}}, the festival and religious ritual held in the 5th year of a roman emperor's reign.Usage notes
In reference to the Roman festival, sometimes used in the plural to match Latin quinquennalia and provide for the variety of events.Synonyms
quintennial, wooden anniversaryCoordinate terms
Roman festival decennial, vicennial, tricennial {{cln, en, terms prefixed with quinque-, terms suffixed with -ennial}} {{c, en, Five, Ancient Rome, Time, Festivals, Holidays}}Adjective
(not comparable) Of or related to a five-year period.Synonyms
pentennial, quintennial, quinquennalian, quinquennalDerived terms
quinquenniallyRelated terms
quinquennaliaTranslations
Catalan: quinquennal Danish: femårig French: quinquennal Irish: cúigbhliantúil Italian: quinquennale Latin: quinquennālisEtymology
Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, quīnquenniālis}}, from quīnquennium, , 5-year period + -ālis, from quīnquennis, , 5-year + -ium, , -ium: forming abstract nouns, from quīnque, , five + annus, , year + -is, , forming compound word, compound adjectives.Is Quinquennial a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
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Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
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Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
30
Words with Friends
36
The word Quinquennial is worth 30 points in Scrabble and 36 points in Words with Friends