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bienal

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin biennālis.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.eˈnaw/ [bɪ.eˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /bjeˈnaw/ [bjeˈnaʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: (Portuga) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: bi‧e‧nal

Adjective

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bienal m or f (plural bienais)

  1. biennial (happening every two years)
    Synonym: bianual

Noun

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bienal f (plural bienais)

  1. biennial exhibition or show
  2. (botany) a plant whose lifespan lasts two years
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French biennal.

Noun

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bienal f (plural bienali)

  1. biennial

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bienal biena bienali bienalile
genitive-dative bienali bienalii bienali bienalilor
vocative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bjeˈnal/ [bjeˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bie‧nal

Adjective

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bienal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienales)

  1. biennial, two-year
    Synonym: bianual

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Noun

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bienal f (plural bienales)

  1. biennial exhibition or show
    • 2015 July 19, “La putinización del arte cubano”, in El País[1]:
      Políticamente imaginativos como pueden parecer, los artistas participantes en la bienal fueron incapaces de inventar una defensa de las libertades artísticas y civiles, e hicieron silencio ante la censura y la represión de su colega Tania Bruguera, quien había vuelto al país meses antes con el propósito de realizar una performance en la plaza de la Revolución.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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