quincentennial

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adjective

Of or related to a 500th anniversary.

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OriginEnglish centennial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Late Latin centennium →
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Meanings

adjectivequincentennial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or related to a 500th anniversary.

    Synonyms: quincentenary, semimillennial

nounquincentennial (plural quincentennials)

plural quincentennials

  1. A 500th anniversary.

    Synonyms: quincentenary, quingenary, semimillennnial

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or related to a 500th anniversary.

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quincentenarysemimillennial

nounA 500th anniversary.

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quincentenaryquingenarysemimillennnial

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to a 500th anniversary

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quincentenary

nounthe 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

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Broader
anniversaryday of remembrance
Also see
quincentenaryquingenarysemimillennial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷenkʷe
  3. Latinquīnque
  4. Englishquin-
  5. Latincentennis
  6. Late Latincentennium
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Englishcentennial
  10. Englishquincentennial

From quin- (prefix meaning ‘five’) + centennial (“100-year; 100-year anniversary”). Compare Latin quingenti (“500”).

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Translations

French cinq-centenaire, cinqcentenaire
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Italian cinquecentenario, quincentenario
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Portuguese quincentenário, quincentenário
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Spanish quincentenario, quincentenario
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APA

quincentennial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quincentennial

MLA

“quincentennial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quincentennial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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