octennium

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Etymology

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From Late Latin octennium, from octennis (8-year) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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octennium (plural octenniums or octennia)

  1. (rare) An eight-year period.
    Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, novennium, decennium, centennium, vicennium, tricennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From octennis (8-year) +‎ -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Noun

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octennium n

  1. (Late Latin) An eight-year period.

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  • English: octennium