how to pronounce biennial

/baɪˈɛniːəl/

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biennial is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of biennial in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… three-week biennial exercise that offers …”

meanings of biennial

adjective:

Lasting for two years.
Happening every two years.

noun:

An event that happens every two years.
A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinating and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies.

biennial frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word biennial occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics biennial can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that biennial can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;