Meanings
nounbimillennial (plural bimillennials)
plural bimillennials
- The 2,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
Synonyms: bimillennium
adjectivebimillennial (not comparable)
- not comparableOccurring every 2,000 years.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 2,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
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Origin
- Latinbimillennialis
- Englishbimillennial
From Latin bimillennialis, from bi- (“two”) mill- (“thousand”) + enni(us) (“yearly”). By surface analysis, bi- + millennial. Compare bicentennial.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French bimillénaire
- bimillénaireoccurring every 2,000 years
Italian bimillenniale
- bimillennialeoccurring every 2,000 years
Latin bimillennialis
- bimillennialisoccurring every 2,000 years
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