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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)

  1. 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

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin decennium.

Noun

decennium n (singular definite decenniet, plural indefinite decennier)

  1. decade; a period of ten years

Declension

More information neuter gender, singular ...

Further reading

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decennium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdeːˈsɛ.ni.ʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧cen‧ni‧um
  • Rhymes: -ɛniʏm

Noun

decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën or decenniums, diminutive decenniumpje n)

  1. a decade, a period of ten years

Synonyms

Latin

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Pronunciation

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

  1. decennium; decade
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms
Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

decennium

  1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of decennis

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)

  1. alternative spelling of desennium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennium, definite plural decennia)

  1. alternative spelling of desennium

Swedish

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Pronunciation

Noun

decennium n

  1. a decade (period of ten years)
    Synonym: årtionde

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

References

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