C17: from Latin quadriennium, from quadri- + annus year
quadrennium in American English
(kwɑˈdrɛniəm)
nounWord forms: pluralquadˈrenniums or quadˈrennia (kwɑˈdrɛniə)
a period of four years
Word origin
L quadriennium < quadri- (see quadri-) + annus, year (see annual)
Examples of 'quadrennium' in a sentence
quadrennium
That's why, every four years, give or take the odd quadrennium when England fail to make the finals, the nation puts itself through hell.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's been the tendency of the Games across the quadrennia to open more and more events to women.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's a fact that, for 1,444 days in the quadrennium, everybody looks at the Olympic Games with doubt, cynicism, resignation, lofty amusement and mild despair.