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cent

English

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviations): cent.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *?m?tóm.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?nt
  • enPR: s?nt, IPA(key): /s?nt/
  • Homophones: scent, sent

Noun

cent (plural cents or cent)

  1. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
  2. (informal) A small sum of money.
  3. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
  4. (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
  5. (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
  6. Abbreviation of century.
  7. (obsolete, except in per cent) Abbreviation of centum. One hundred.
    • c. 1450, Octouian Imperator (Octavian), lines 1463-4:
      And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.
    • 1733, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays, Epistle III to Allen, Lord Bathurst, 372:
      The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.
  8. Abbreviation of centigrade.
  9. Abbreviation of center.

Usage notes

  • Due to the differing plural formats used in European languages, it is common to use the word cent as a plural throughout the Eurozone.

Synonyms

  • (of a dollar): dollarcent
  • (of a euro): eurocent
  • (coin (Canada, US)): penny

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

  • dollar
  • euro
  • per cent
  • two cents

References

  • cent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • cent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • NCTE, tecn-

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *?m?tóm.

Pronunciation

  • (standard)
  • (before the words "anys", "homes", "hores") IPA(key): /?sent/
  • (any other position) IPA(key): /?sen/
  • (Valencian) and (Balearic) IPA(key): /?sent/
  • Homophone: sent
  • Rhymes: -ent

Numeral

cent m or f

  1. hundred
Usage notes
  • Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una (1), dos/dues (2), cents/centes (100s) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.
Derived terms
  • cent per cent
  • per cent

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

  1. hundred

See also

  • dos-cents m (two hundred), dues-centes f (two hundred)
    • Old Catalan: doents (two hundred)
  • tres-cents (three hundred)
  • quatre-cents (four hundred)
  • cinc-cents (five hundred)
  • sis-cents (six hundred)
  • set-cents (seven hundred)
  • vuit-cents (eight hundred)
  • nou-cents (nine hundred)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cent. These senses of the word cent in Catalan derive from the inversion of meaning that took place in English where it was used to indicate one hundredth.

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

  1. (music) cent (a hundredth of a half step)
  2. (money) cent (A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.)
Related terms
  • cèntim (A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit.)

Further reading

  • “cent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “cent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “cent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “cent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Either a borrowing from English cent or a shortened borrowed from French centime.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?nt/
  • Hyphenation: cent
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

cent f (plural centen, diminutive centje n)

  1. (money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder
  2. (money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: sent
  • ? Indonesian: sen
  • ? Papiamentu: sèn

References


Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?sent/
  • Hyphenation: cent
  • Audio:

Number

cent

  1. hundred

Derived terms


French

Etymology 1

From Middle French cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *?m?tóm.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??
Number
  • IPA(key): /s??/, (liaison) /s??t?/
  • Homophones: cents, sang, sangs, sans, sens, sent

Numeral

cent

  1. hundred

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ? Garifuna: san
  • Haitian Creole: san

Related terms

  • centi-

See also

  • deux cents (two hundred)
  • trois cents (three hundred)
  • quatre cents (four hundred)
  • cinq cents (five hundred)
  • six cents (six hundred)
  • sept cents (seven hundred)
  • huit cents (eight hundred)
  • neuf cents (nine hundred)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cent, itself from Old French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?nt/, /s?n/
  • Homophone: cents

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

  1. (money) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)

Synonyms

  • (euro): centime
  • (dollar): cenne (colloquial, Canada), sou (slang, North America)

See also

  • franc
  • dollar

Further reading

  • “cent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *?m?tóm.

Numeral

cent

  1. hundred

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?t?s?nt]
  • Hyphenation: cent
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

cent (plural centek)

  1. (money) cent (a subunit of currency)
  2. (informal) centilitre
    Synonym: centiliter

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cent in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Ido

Etymology 1

Back-formation from cento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?s?nt/

Numeral

cent

  1. hundred (100)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English centFrench centGerman CentItalian centRussian ???? (cent)Spanish centavo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sent/, /t?sent/

Noun

cent (plural cents or cent-i)

  1. (numismatics) cent

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cent.

Noun

cent m (invariable)

  1. cent (US coin)
  2. euro cent (European coin)

Lombard

Etymology

From cento.

Numeral

cent

  1. hundred

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *?m?tóm.

Pronunciation

Numeral

cent

  1. hundred

Derived terms

  • centen

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 242.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • çant
  • ceint
  • chent

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t?s?nt], (late) [t?sãnt]

Numeral

cent m (oblique plural cenz or centz, nominative singular cenz or centz, nominative plural cent)

  1. one hundred

Descendants

  • Middle French: cent
    • French: cent
      • ? Garifuna: san
      • Haitian Creole: san
  • Walloon: cint
  • ? Dutch: cent
    • Afrikaans: sent
    • ? Indonesian: sen
    • ? Papiamentu: sèn
  • ? English: cent (see there for further descendants)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centum or English cent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?s?nt/

Noun

cent m anim

  1. cent

Declension

Further reading

  • cent in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • cent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?sênt/

Noun

c?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

  1. cent (hundredth of a dollar, euro, etc.)
  2. (music) cent (hundredth of a semitone)

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cent.

Noun

cent c

  1. cent; a subunit of currency

Declension

References

  • Hur ska vi hantera euro?, Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, February 8, 2007
  • Euro, Språkrådet, Veckans språkråd 2002

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centner

English

Etymology

Probably from Lower German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight.

Noun

centner (plural centners)

  1. A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.
  2. A nonstandard metric unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, commonly used as an agricultural measure in Eastern Bloc countries (similar to a bushel.)

Translations

Related terms

  • cent
  • centavo m
  • centesimal
  • centesimo m
  • centiem m
  • centigram
  • centiliter
  • centimo m

Swedish

Noun

centner c

  1. A hundredweight, quintal (100 lbs, 42.5 kg)

Declension

Anagrams

  • centern, centren

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