Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
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Origin
- Latintrimestris“of three months”
- Frenchtrimestre
- Englishtrimester
PIE word *tréyes From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُثْلُوث, أُثْلُوث
- أُثْلُوث (ʔuṯlūṯ)period of three months
- أُثْلُوث (ʔuṯlūṯ)term of academic year
Bulgarian тримесечие
- тримесечие (trimesečie)period of three months
Catalan trimestre, trimestre
- trimestreperiod of three months
- trimestreterm of academic year
Chinese Mandarin 三月期, 學期 /学期
- 三月期 (sānyuèqī)period of three months
- 學期 /学期 (xuéqī)term of academic year
Czech trimestr
- trimestrperiod of three months
Dutch kwartaal, trimester
- kwartaalperiod of three months
- trimesterperiod of three months
- trimesterterm of academic year
Esperanto trimestro, trimestro
- trimestroperiod of three months
- trimestroterm of academic year
Finnish kolmekuukautisjakso, kolmannes
- kolmekuukautisjaksoperiod of three months
- kolmannesperiod of three months
- lukukausiterm of academic year
French trimestre
- trimestreperiod of three months
German Trimester
- Trimesterperiod of three months
Hungarian trimeszter, trimeszter
- trimeszterperiod of three months
- trimeszterterm of academic year
Indonesian trimester, kuartal
- trimesterperiod of three months
- kuartalperiod of three months
Irish ráithe
- ráitheperiod of three months
Italian trimestre
- trimestreperiod of three months
Japanese 学期
- 学期 (gakki)term of academic year
Latin trimestris
- trimestrisperiod of three months
Norwegian trimester
- trimesterperiod of three months
Polish trymestr, trymestr
- trymestrperiod of three months
- trymestrterm of academic year
Portuguese trimestre, trimestre
- trimestreperiod of three months
- trimestreterm of academic year
Romanian trimestru, trimestru
- trimestruperiod of three months
- trimestruterm of academic year
Russian триме́стр, кварта́л
- триме́стр (triméstr)period of three months
- кварта́л (kvartál)period of three months
- триме́стр (triméstr)term of academic year
Slovak trimester
- trimesterperiod of three months
Spanish trimestre
- trimestreperiod of three months
Turkish trimestır, çeyrekyıl
- trimestırperiod of three months
- çeyrekyılperiod of three months
- trimestırterm of academic year
- çeyrekyılterm of academic year
Ukrainian триме́стр
- триме́стр (tryméstr)term of academic year
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trimester
investorsemesterChesterLeicesterEsthertesterLesterestersylvesterHesterjesterCirencesterwesterfestermolesterbesterpesterdivestersequesterarresterquestergestorDistrict of Chesterrhymester
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
trimester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimester
MLA
“trimester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimester. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trimester,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimester.
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