quadricentennial
adjective, noun
quadricentennial is an adjective meaning “Relating to a 400th anniversary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does quadricentennial mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to a 400th anniversary.
noun
- 1
A 400th anniversary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of quadricentennial
- quadracentennial
- quadricentennials plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is quadricentennial?
Quadricentennial appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Quadricentennial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | quatre-centenaire, quatrecentenaire, quadricentenaire |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quadricentennial come from?
From quadri- + centennial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).