decennium – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
decennium
n.
decade, ten years
Decade
A
decade is a period of
10 years. The word is derived (via French and Latin) from the Ancient Greek
dekas which means ten. Other words for spans of years also come from Latin: biennium, triennium, quadrennium (4 years),
lustrum (5 years),
century (100 years),
millennium (1000 years).
decennium
Noun
1. a period of 10 years
(synonym) decade, decennary
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) 1900s
(part-holonym) century
(part-meronym) year, twelvemonth, yr
decennium (het)
n.
decade, ten years; group of ten
Decennium
(n.)
A period of ten years.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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