quarter-century

quarter-century

English

Etymology

quarter- +‎ century

Noun

quarter-century (plural quarter-centuries)

1. A period of twenty-five years.
   • 19788, Philip Larkin, The Winter Palace

     I spent my second quarter-century
     Losing what I had learnt at university
     And refusing to take in what had happened since […]

Related terms

• half-century

Translations

period of twenty-five years

Czech: čtvrtstoletí n Dutch: kwarteeuw (nl) m or f Esperanto: kvaronjarcento n Estonian: veerandsajand French: quart de siècle Japanese: 四半世紀 (ja) (shihanseiki) Polish: ćwierćwiecze n Slovak: štvrťstoročie n