单词 | octennial |
释义 | octennial[ ok-ten-ee-uhl ] / ɒkˈtɛn i əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR octennial ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveoccurring every eight years. of or for eight years. Origin of octennial1650–60; <Late Latin octenni(um) eight-year period (oct-oct- + -enn-, combining form of annus year + -ium-ium) + -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM octennialoc·ten·ni·al·ly, adjectiveWords nearby octennialOctavia, Octavian, Octavius, octavo, octavus, octennial, octet, octillion, octo-, October, October Revolution Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for octennial
British Dictionary definitions for octennialoctennial / (ɒkˈtɛnɪəl) / adjectiveoccurring every eight years lasting for eight years Derived forms of octennialoctennially, adverbWord Origin for octennialC17: from Latin octennium eight years, from octo eight + annus year Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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