QUADRENNIAL


Meaning of QUADRENNIAL in English

— quadrennially , adv.

/kwo dren"ee euhl/ , adj.

1. occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.

2. of or lasting for four years: a quadrennial period.

n.

3. an event occurring every four years, as an anniversary or its celebration.

[ 1640-50; earlier quadriennial quadrienni ( um ) (see QUADRENNIUM) + -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .