TRIMESTER


Meaning of TRIMESTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)trī-ˈmes-tər, ˈtrī-ˌ ]

noun

Etymology: French trimestre, from Latin trimestris of three months, from tri- + mensis month — more at moon

Date: 1821

1. : a period of three or about three months ; especially : any of three periods of approximately three months each into which a human pregnancy is divided

2. : one of three terms into which the academic year is sometimes divided

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.