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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries双月刊
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shuāng yuè kān
"这本杂志是双月刊。"
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Occurring every two months.
"The magazine is published bimonthly, with issues released in January, March, May, and so on."
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A publication that is issued every two months.
"I subscribed to a bimonthly that focuses on environmental issues."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix 'bi-' (meaning two or twice) combined with 'monthly', appearing in the mid-19th century. It historically suffers from Janus-faced ambiguity, meaning both occurring once every two months and occurring twice a month (semi-monthly), though the former is its predominant contemporary usage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bimonthly" is said worldwide
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bimensuel
Transliteration: bi-mã-sü-el
"Le magazine est bimensuel."
zweimonatlich
Transliteration: tsvai-mon-at-likh
"Die Zeitschrift erscheint zweimonatlich."
bimestrale
Transliteration: bi-mes-tra-le
"La rivista è bimestrale."
bimensual
Transliteration: bi-men-sual
"La revista es bimensual."
bimestral
Transliteration: bi-mes-tral
"A revista é bimestral."
दो-मासिक
Transliteration: do-masik
"यह पत्रिका दो-मासिक है।"
双月刊
Transliteration: shuāng yuè kān
"这本杂志是双月刊。"
격월간
Transliteration: gyeog-wol-gan
"이 잡지는 격월간입니다."
隔月刊
Transliteration: kakugetsukan
"この雑誌は隔月刊です。"
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