trimester

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tri=mes=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

trimester, n. [L. trimestris of three months; tri- (see Tri-) + mensis month: cf. F. trimestre.].

 A term or period of three months.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trimester, n. a period of three months, esp. of human gestation or US as a university term.

Derivative

trimestral adj. trimestrial adj.

Etymology

F trimestre f. L trimestris (as TRI-, - mestris f. mensis month)

THESAURUS

trimester

abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, clover, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, deuce-ace, fiscal year, fortnight, hour, leap year, leash, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, quarter, quinquennium, regular year, second, semester, session, set of three, shamrock, sidereal year, solar year, sun, tercet, term, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika, twelvemonth, week, weekday, year