quadricentennial

adjective

Relating to a 400th anniversary.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

adjectivequadricentennial (not comparable)

alternative quadracentennial

  1. not comparableRelating to a 400th anniversary.
nounquadricentennial (plural quadricentennials)

plural quadricentennials · alternative quadracentennial

  1. A 400th anniversary.
    1 more example

    The Cayuga fairground proposal recalled other Pan-American heritage themes that emerged with the quadricentennials. There was mention of a theme area on the island where reproductions of ancient structures of the Americas would be juxtaposed with reproductions of the birthplaces of U.S. American historical figures.

    2011, Robert Alexander González, Designing Pan-America, page 54

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷetru-
  4. Latinquadri-
  5. Englishquadri-
  6. Latincentennis
  7. Late Latincentennium
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishcentennial
  11. Englishquadricentennial

From quadri- + centennial.

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Translations

French quatre-centenaire, quatrecentenaire
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Italian quattrocentenario, quadricentenario
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quadricentennial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadricentennial.

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