triennial

UK /tɹaɪˈɛniəl/ US /tɹaɪˈɛniəl/
adj 2noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Happening every three years.

triennial elections

They were constantly summoned to a triennial festival : and the most approved songs delivered at this assembly were ordered to be preserved in the custody of the king's historian or antiquary

2

Lasting for three years.

triennial parliaments; a triennial reign

September 13 1621, James Howell. letter to Sir William Saint John Triennial Subsidies

noun

1

A third anniversary.

2

A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle.

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