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quatercentenary

quatercentenary

1 9.9
The 400th anniversary of an event
  • noun
  • /ˌkwɔːtərsɛnˈtɛnəri/
  • Formal
: cuatercentenario
  • The city is planning a festival to celebrate the quatercentenary of its founding.

Examples

  • Many historians contributed to a book marking the quatercentenary of the famous battle.

  • In 2025, we will hold events to honor the quatercentenary of the landmark treaty.

  • Should we not bestir ourselves in our time for the year 2003 to ensure that Gilbert gets wider recognition on the quatercentenary?

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

quadricentennial
vsquatercentenary
1 9.1

A 400th anniversary or a celebration for it

has identical meaning but appears as a different formed word
quatercentennial
vsquatercentenary
9.9

A 400th anniversary of an event or its celebration

has identical meaning but is written with another word form

Surface Forms

quatercentenary singular
quatercentenaries plural

Morphology

quatercentenary = centenary (semi-transparent) = quater + centenary

The word is built from the recognizable base 'centenary' with the prefix 'quater-' meaning fourfold, but 'quater-' is an uncommon Latin numeric prefix and may not be familiar to average learners.

Etymology

Quatercentenary combines quater- meaning 'four times' and centenary, which is like century and means '100 years', so it refers to the '400th' anniversary of an event.