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Word for "3 times per year"?
Is there a word that means 3 times per year? (I am trying to find the right term for the 3 times/year review meetings we hold.)
We all know semiannually is 2/year, quarterly is 4/year, but 3/year???
I've seen quadmonthly used; isn't there a better term based on a latin prefix that means "one-third"? (I thought maybe something related to tertiary, but that relates to being 3rd, not one-third.)
Craig in NJ
We all know semiannually is 2/year, quarterly is 4/year, but 3/year???
I've seen quadmonthly used; isn't there a better term based on a latin prefix that means "one-third"? (I thought maybe something related to tertiary, but that relates to being 3rd, not one-third.)
Craig in NJ
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[nq:1]Is there a word that means 3 times per year? (I am trying to find the right term for the ... latin prefix that means "one-third"?
- [nq:1]Is there a word that means 3 times per year?
- (I am trying to find the right term for the ...
- latin prefix that means "one-third"?
- )[/nq] I think I raised this at one point when I was working somewhere that also had a 3-meetings-per-year schedule and the upshot was that we should give up trying to use a Latinate prefix in favour of the unambiguous "thrice-yearly".
- Cheers, Harvey Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
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[nq:1]Is there a word that means 3 times per year? (I am trying to find the right term for the ... latin prefix that means "one-third"? (I thought maybe something related to tertiary, but that relates to being 3rd, not one-third.)[/nq]
I think I raised this at one point when I was working somewhere that also had a 3-meetings-per-year schedule and the upshot was that we should give up trying to
I think I raised this at one point when I was working somewhere that also had a 3-meetings-per-year schedule and the upshot was that we should give up trying to
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"Thrice-yearly" sounds pretty good to me.
FWIW, I think I'll adopt these abbreviations for the meetings: 2005 T1,
2005 T2, 2005 T3, etc. (Analogous to 2005 Q1, 2005 Q2, etc. forquarterly meetings or 2005 H1, 2005 H2, etc. for semi-annual meetings).
Thanks for the fast response.
Craig in NJ
FWIW, I think I'll adopt these abbreviations for the meetings: 2005 T1,
2005 T2, 2005 T3, etc. (Analogous to 2005 Q1, 2005 Q2, etc. forquarterly meetings or 2005 H1, 2005 H2, etc. for semi-annual meetings).
Thanks for the fast response.
Craig in NJ
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[nq:1]"Thrice-yearly" sounds pretty good to me. FWIW, I think I'll adopt these abbreviations for the meetings: 2005 T1, 2005 T2, 2005 T3, etc. (Analogous to 2005 Q1, 2005 Q2, etc. for quarterly meetings or 2005 H1, 2005 H2, etc. for semi-annual meetings).[/nq]
Sounds good to me: if anyone wonders, they'll soon learn what it stands for!
Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England
Sounds good to me: if anyone wonders, they'll soon learn what it stands for!
Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England
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[nq:1]Is there a word that means 3 times per year? (I am trying to find the right term for the ... means "one-third"? (I thought maybe something related to tertiary, but that relates to being 3rd, not one-third.) Craig in NJ[/nq]
Tri-annual or tri-annually.
For example: This is the second of our tri-annual newsletter. Our newsletter is published tri-annually.
Tri-annual or tri-annually.
For example: This is the second of our tri-annual newsletter. Our newsletter is published tri-annually.
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[nq:1]"Thrice-yearly" sounds pretty good to me.[/nq]
I agree. "Triannual" seems to have some following and is used in the title of publications by some educational institutions and governments, which do seem to mean "three times a year." Unfortunately, many people are likely to think
(Email Removed), the lovely and talented CraiginNJ broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]"Thrice-yearly" sounds pretty good to me.[/nq]
I agree. "Triannual" seems to have some following and is used in the title of publications by some educational institutions and governments, which do seem to mean "three times a year." Unfortunately, many people are likely to think
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[nq:1]"Thrice-yearly" sounds pretty good to me.[/nq]
To me is sounds archaic. I'd just go with "every 4 months" if that is in fact the case, and "3 times a year" if they're not that regular.
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To me is sounds archaic. I'd just go with "every 4 months" if that is in fact the case, and "3 times a year" if they're not that regular.
Mark Brader, Toronto > "I wish to *** these calculations had been (Email Removed) > executed by steam!" Charles Babbage, 1821
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[nq:2]"Thrice-yearly" sounds pretty good to me.[/nq]
[nq:1]To me is sounds archaic.[/nq]
I don't think anyone I work with would think it archaic perhaps it's a pondial thing?
[nq:1]I'd just go with "every 4 months" if that is in fact the case, and "3 times a year" if they're not that regular.[/nq]
Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
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[nq:1]To me is sounds archaic.[/nq]
I don't think anyone I work with would think it archaic perhaps it's a pondial thing?
[nq:1]I'd just go with "every 4 months" if that is in fact the case, and "3 times a year" if they're not that regular.[/nq]
Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
(for e-mail, change
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Thanks, everyone.
Yes, it does look like tri-annual should be the proper term even though many people think the only definition of bi-annual is its every-2-years definition.
"3 times a year" seems difficult to use the same way. E.g., "Our second 3-times-a-year meeting will be held this Tuesday" vs. "Our second tri-annual meeting will be held this Tuesday" vs. "Our second thrice-year
Yes, it does look like tri-annual should be the proper term even though many people think the only definition of bi-annual is its every-2-years definition.
"3 times a year" seems difficult to use the same way. E.g., "Our second 3-times-a-year meeting will be held this Tuesday" vs. "Our second tri-annual meeting will be held this Tuesday" vs. "Our second thrice-year
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