bienal
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin biennālis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.eˈnaw/ [bɪ.eˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /bjeˈnaw/ [bjeˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bjɛˈnal/ [bjɛˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bjɛˈna.li/
- Rhymes: (Portuga) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: bi‧e‧nal
Adjective
bienal m or f (plural bienais)
Noun
bienal f (plural bienais)
- biennial exhibition or show
- (botany) a plant whose lifespan lasts two years
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
bienal f (plural bienali)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | bienal | biena | bienali | bienalile | |
| genitive-dative | bienali | bienalii | bienali | bienalilor | |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjeˈnal/ [bjeˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bie‧nal
Adjective
bienal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienales)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Noun
bienal f (plural bienales)
- biennial exhibition or show
- 2015 July 19, “La putinización del arte cubano”, in El País[1]:
- Políticamente imaginativos como pueden parecer, los artistas participantes en la bienal fueron incapaces de inventar una defensa de las libertades artísticas y civiles, e hicieron silencio ante la censura y la represión de su colega Tania Bruguera, quien había vuelto al país meses antes con el propósito de realizar una performance en la plaza de la Revolución.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “bienal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024