bienal
Portuguese, noun/bi.eˈnaw/
bienal is spelled B-I-E-N-A-L (6 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bienal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “biennial exhibition or show” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “evento que acontece uma vez a cada dois anos”.
What does bienal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebiennial (happening every two years)
noun
- 1
femininebiennial exhibition or show
- 2
femininea plant whose lifespan lasts two years
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao espaço de dois anos 2. que dura dois anos
noun: 1. evento que acontece uma vez a cada dois anos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bienal
- bienais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bienal?
- Brazil /bi.eˈnaw/
- Brazil [bi.eˈnaʊ̯]
- Brazil /bjeˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bienal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bienal in Portuguese?
bienal appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).