vicennial

1. 1.

   occurring once every 20 years

Questions about vicennial

What does vicennial mean?

vicennial means "occurring once every 20 years".

How many syllables are in vicennial?

vicennial has 4 syllables: vi-cen-ni-al. The stress falls on "ni".

Is vicennial a common word?

vicennial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.