quingenary

== English == === Etymology === From Latin quīngēnārius (“containing 500”), from Latin quīngēnī (“500 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from quīngentī (“five hundreds”). Cognate with quingenarious and quinquagenary. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /kwɪnˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹi/, /ˈkwɪnd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɪnˈd͡ʒiːn(ə)ɹi/, /kwɪnˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹi/, /ˈkwɪnd͡ʒɪn(ə)ɹi/ === Noun === quingenary (plural quingenaries) (rare) Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary. === Adjective === quingenary (not comparable) (military, chiefly historical) Of or related to units of 500 men. === References === “quingenary, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.