bienal

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin biennālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.eˈnaw/ [bɪ.eˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /bjeˈnaw/ [bjeˈnaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bjɛˈnal/ [bjɛˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bjɛˈna.li/

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

Adjective

bienal m or f (plural bienais)

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

Noun

bienal f (plural bienais)

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

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French biennal.

Noun

bienal f (plural bienali)

  1. biennial

Declension

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin biennālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bienal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienales)

  1. biennial, two-year
    Synonym: bianual

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Noun

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.
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Further reading

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