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decennium
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English
Etymology
From Latin decennium, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns), from deciēs (“ten times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to decennial + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
decennium (plural decenniums or decennia)
- Synonym of decade: a ten year period.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, vicennium, tricennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
- 1998, soc.culture.netherlands (Usenet):
- G.B. still has to cope with the heritage of approx. 20 years of consecutive Conservative reigns, just as you guys are getting your act together after almost a decennium of Enlightened Ronnie.
- 1996, soc.culture.usa (Usenet):
- Christian leaders refused even to *look* through Galileo's telescope (as a matter of fact, the Vatican cleared Galileo's name only as late as in the previous decennium).
Usage notes
When decennium is used in place of the more common decade, it is generally employed to avoid the connection of decade with the set spans of ten year calendar periods whose last digits run from 1 to 0 or 0 to 9.
Derived terms
Related terms
- (adj.): See decennial
- (adv.): See decennially
- (10-year anniversary): decennial
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Danish
Etymology
Noun
decennium n (singular definite decenniet, plural indefinite decennier)
- decade; a period of ten years
Declension
Further reading
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën or decenniums, diminutive decenniumpje n)
Synonyms
- decade (rare)
- jaartiental
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɛˈkɛn.ni.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛn.ni.um]
Etymology 1
From decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium”, suffix forming abstract nouns); from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
Noun
decennium n (genitive decenniī or decennī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
Adjective
decennium
References
- “decennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decennium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennier, definite plural decennia or decenniene)
- alternative spelling of desennium
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennium, definite plural decennia)
- alternative spelling of desennium
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
decennium n
Declension
References
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