trimester
See also: Trimester
English
WOTD – 31 July 2010
Etymology
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From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/, /tɹ(a)ɪˈmɛs.tə(ɹ)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/, /tɹaɪˈmɛs.təɹ/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Noun
trimester (plural trimesters)
- A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
- She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
- One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
- Synonym: trisem
- The school operates on a trimester schedule.
Hypernyms
- (term of academic year): term
Holonyms
- (term of academic year): academic year
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
period of three months
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term of academic year
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
trimester n (singular definite trimestret or trimesteret, plural indefinite trimestre)
Declension
neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | trimester | trimestret trimesteret |
trimestre | trimestrene |
genitive | trimesters | trimestrets trimesterets |
trimestres | trimestrenes |
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French trimestre, from Latin trimestris.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
trimester n (plural trimesters, diminutive trimestertje n)
- trimester (period of three months)
- Synonym: kwartaal
- Coordinate terms: tertiaal, quadrimester, halfjaar, semester
Descendants
- → Indonesian: trimester
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch trimester, from French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [triˈmɛstər]
- Hyphenation: tri‧mès‧têr
Noun
trimèstêr (plural trimester-trimester)
- trimester: a period of three months or about three months
- (obstetrics) divisions of pregnancy period, each lasting for approximately 3 months
See also
Further reading
- “trimester” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French trimestre, from Latin trimēstris.
Noun
trimester c
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | trimester | trimesters |
definite | trimestern | trimesterns | |
plural | indefinite | trimestrar | trimestrars |
definite | trimestrarna | trimestrarnas |