trimester

Meaning

1. A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
2. One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.

Synonyms

quarter

term

semester

third

3rd

school term

academic term

Translations

trimestre

trimestre

trimestre

Trimester

trimestre

trimestre

trimestris

Vierteljahr

τρίμηνο

çeyrekyıl

Quartal

kwartaal

trimester

trimestır

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes
From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).