trimester

See also: Trimester

English

WOTD – 31 July 2010

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

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)

  1. A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
    She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
  2. 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

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Danish

Noun

trimester n (singular definite trimestret or trimesteret, plural indefinite trimestre)

  1. trimester

Declension

Declension of trimester
neuter
gender
singular plural
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)

  1. 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)

  1. trimester: a period of three months or about three months
    Synonyms: kuartal, triwulan
    1. (obstetrics) divisions of pregnancy period, each lasting for approximately 3 months

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Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French trimestre, from Latin trimēstris.

Noun

trimester c

  1. trimester

Declension

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