decennium
English
Etymology
From Latin decem (“ten”) + annum (“year”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛnɪəm/
Noun
decennium (plural decenniums or decennia)
- A period of ten years.
- 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).
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Usage notes
Although decade may be taken as any group of ten years, it is commonly restricted to the informal ten-year periods of the calendar whose last digits run from 0 to 9. Decennium &c. has no such restriction.
Synonyms
- decenniad
- decennary
- (in some contexts): decade
Related terms
- (adj.): See decennial
- (adv.): See decennially
- (10-year anniversary): decennial
- millennium
Translations
period of 10 years
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Danish
Etymology
From Latin decennium.
Noun
decennium n (singular definite decenniet, plural indefinite decennier)
- decade; a period of ten years
Declension
Declension of decennium
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | decennium | decenniet | decennier | decennierne |
| genitive | decenniums | decenniets | decenniers | decenniernes |
Further reading
- “decennium” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “decennium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën, diminutive decenniumpje n)
- a period of ten years
Synonyms
- jaartien, decade
Latin
Etymology
decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deˈken.ni.um/, [dɛˈkɛn.ni.ʊ̃]
Noun
decennium n (genitive decenniī or decennī); second declension
- decennium; decade
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | decennium | decennia |
| Genitive | decenniī decennī1 | decenniōrum |
| Dative | decenniō | decenniīs |
| Accusative | decennium | decennia |
| Ablative | decenniō | decenniīs |
| Vocative | decennium | decennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- duodecennium
Related terms
- biennium
- triennium
- quadriennium
- quinquennium
- sexennium
- septuennium
- octennium
- vicennium
- tricennium
See also
- biduum
- triduum
- trimenium
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
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛˈsɛnɪɵm/
audio (file)
Noun
decennium n
- decade; a period of ten years
Declension
| Declension of decennium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | decennium | decenniet | decennier | decennierna |
| Genitive | decenniums | decenniets | decenniers | decenniernas |