quadrennial

/kwɒˈdɹɛn.i.əl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriennium (“four-year period”), from quattuor (“four”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, quadr- + -ennial.

quadrennial means happening every four years. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.

quadrennial is pronounced /kwɒˈdɹɛn.i.əl/.

adj

Happening every four years.“The quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off with less than the usual excitement.”
Lasting for four years.

A four-year period, a quadrennium.“International rowing's elite tend to think in terms of quadrennials — the four-year cycle between Olympic Games — but the addition of the light women's double to Olympic program prior to the 1996 Atlanta Games has also brought distinct eras to the event.”