bienniumn.

Brit.

/bʌɪˈɛnɪəm/, U.S.

/baɪˈɛniəm/

Inflections: Plural bienniums, biennia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin biennium.

Etymology: < classical Latin biennium period of two years < bi- bi- comb. form + annus year (see annals n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴).

1. Classical History. A period of two years, considered as a unit under a calendar system employing intercalation. Cf. intercalate v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars

Julian period1592

saros1613

octaeteris1645

lustrala1656

biennium1699

Dionysian period1728

Victorian cycle1728

Sothic cycle or period1828

katun1902

1699 R. Sault tr. A. Strauch Breviarium Chronologicum ii. vi. 91 In the ancient times they are said to have used a Biennium [L. Biennium], intercalating every other Year: But Fault was found with this, and 'twas succeeded by a Quadriennium.

1833 T. Keightley Ovid's Fasti Introd. p. xviii In the last biennium of the period no intercalation took place.

2009 R. Hannah Time in Antiq. ii. 22 If the 30-day month was the norm, this intercalary system would give alternating years of 360 and 390 days, or 750 days for the two-year period. This biennium overruns two proper solar years by 19½ days.

2. A (fiscal) period of two years.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > period of accounting

financial year1789

biennium1850

fiscal year1865

fiscal1952

1850 Papers rel. Ionian Islands viii. 178 in Parl. Papers XXXII. (1852) 323 The Senate..has been enabled to effect a saving of 18,499l. 14s. 6d. in the present Biennium.

1893 Proc. 36th Convent. Gen. Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church U.S.A. 138 What will be the financial history of the three remaining bienniums of this closing decade of this golden century?

1917 School & Society 19 May 594/2 For several biennia the real needs of the institutions had not been met.

1923 Glasgow Herald 12 July 7 The figures show, not withstanding the last biennium's heavy losses, a gross profit of £2,500,500.

1962 Rep. U.S. Court of Claims 148 611 The League urges the complete implementation of that Act with particular emphasis on a budget of at least ninety-six million dollars for the next biennium.

2006 Africa News (Nexis) 17 Nov. Angola's National Assembly approved..the Government's General Programme for the 2007/2008 biennium.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	biennium
释义	bienniumn. Brit. /bʌɪˈɛnɪəm/, U.S. /baɪˈɛniəm/ Inflections: Plural bienniums, biennia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin biennium. Etymology: < classical Latin biennium period of two years < bi- bi- comb. form + annus year (see annals n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). 1. Classical History. A period of two years, considered as a unit under a calendar system employing intercalation. Cf. intercalate v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars Julian period1592 saros1613 octaeteris1645 lustrala1656 biennium1699 Dionysian period1728 Victorian cycle1728 Sothic cycle or period1828 katun1902 1699 R. Sault tr. A. Strauch Breviarium Chronologicum ii. vi. 91 In the ancient times they are said to have used a Biennium [L. Biennium], intercalating every other Year: But Fault was found with this, and 'twas succeeded by a Quadriennium. 1833 T. Keightley Ovid's Fasti Introd. p. xviii In the last biennium of the period no intercalation took place. 2009 R. Hannah Time in Antiq. ii. 22 If the 30-day month was the norm, this intercalary system would give alternating years of 360 and 390 days, or 750 days for the two-year period. This biennium overruns two proper solar years by 19½ days. 2. A (fiscal) period of two years. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > period of accounting financial year1789 biennium1850 fiscal year1865 fiscal1952 1850 Papers rel. Ionian Islands viii. 178 in Parl. Papers XXXII. (1852) 323 The Senate..has been enabled to effect a saving of 18,499l. 14s. 6d. in the present Biennium. 1893 Proc. 36th Convent. Gen. Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church U.S.A. 138 What will be the financial history of the three remaining bienniums of this closing decade of this golden century? 1917 School & Society 19 May 594/2 For several biennia the real needs of the institutions had not been met. 1923 Glasgow Herald 12 July 7 The figures show, not withstanding the last biennium's heavy losses, a gross profit of £2,500,500. 1962 Rep. U.S. Court of Claims 148 611 The League urges the complete implementation of that Act with particular emphasis on a budget of at least ninety-six million dollars for the next biennium. 2006 Africa News (Nexis) 17 Nov. Angola's National Assembly approved..the Government's General Programme for the 2007/2008 biennium. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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