Trimester

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ.mÉ›s.tÉ™(ɹ)/

Origin

From French trimestre < from Latin trimestris ("of three months"), from trēs ("three") + mensis ("month").

Full definition of trimester

Noun

1. A period of three months or about three months.She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.
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.The school operates on a trimester schedule.

Coordinate terms

• (term of an academic year) quarter, semester

Holonyms

• (term of academic year) academic year

Hypernyms

• (term of academic year) term

Anagrams

• remitters
• trimeters