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Biannual
If something happens twice a month it is called biweekly because it happens every other week and a month has 4 weeks. there is also bimonthly which is every other month but not really a direct word for something that happens twice a month.
semimonthly
Bi-weekly means twice a week. A bi-weely event happens twice a week.
it means something happened twice in a month!
Biscuit, from the Old French 'bi' twice, 'cuit' cooked.
Unexpected?
The BI word that means twice every year is "biannual." It refers to events or occurrences that happen two times within a year, typically spaced six months apart. It's important not to confuse it with "biennial," which refers to something that happens every two years.
anachronism or apocrypha
Quinquennial = something that happens every 5 years. Lustral = also something that happens every 5 years or we could invent: semi-Decennial: where semi is half and Deccennial happens every 10 years.
occurance means "how often something happens or occurs"
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