Akademik

bimester

noun

a period of 2 months

• Derivationally related forms: ↑bimestrial

• Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑period of time, ↑period

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\(ˈ)bī|mestə(r)\ noun (-s)

Etymology: bi- (I) + -mester (as in semester)

: a period of two months

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/buy mes"teuhr, buy"mes-/, n.

a two-month period.

[ < L bime(n)stris of a bimester, equiv. to bi- BI-¹ + me(n)s- (s. of mensis) month + -tris adj. suffix]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.