different between cien vs cion

English

Noun

cien

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• Ince, NICE, Nice, Niec, cine, cine-, icen, nice

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cientu (combining form only)

Etymology

From cientu, from Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien (indeclinable)

1. one-hundred; 100

   cien llobos — one hundred wolves

   cien vaques — one hundred cows

Usage notes

The indeclinable form cien means "one hundred" only. To say "one hundred one", the combining form cientu is used, as cientu un. Likewise, "one hundred thirty" is cientu trenta, and "one hundred fifty-four" is cientu cincuenta y cuatro.

Derived terms

• centenu

Mirandese

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien

1. one-hundred

Spanish

Etymology

From ciento, from Latin centum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??jen/, [??j?n]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?sjen/, [?sj?n]
• Homophone: sien (non-Castilian dialects)
• Rhymes: -en

Number

cien (apocopate cardinal numeral, plural cienes, standard form ciento)

1. Apocopic form of ciento (one-hundred (100))

Usage notes

• When used as an adjective, the form cien is used only before the noun it modifies. In other positions as an adjective, the standard form ciento is used instead.
• In composite numbers, the form cien is used before larger numbers components, ciento before smaller numbers.

cien mil pesos – “a hundred thousand pesos” ($100,000)

ciento noventa pesos – “a hundred ninety pesos” ($190)

• When used substantively to indicate the number 100 itself, cien is more common in modern usage:

los números de uno hasta el cien – “the numbers from one to a hundred”

hay dos cienes en el papel – “there are two hundreds on the paper” (two occurrences of the number one hundred)

• In the indefinite sense, ciento is used:

cientos de pesos – “hundreds of pesos”

• To indicate percentages, ciento is usually used, with regional exceptions, especially for 100%:

cincuenta por ciento – “fifty percent”

cien por cien – “a hundred percent”

ciento por ciento – “a hundred percent”

Derived terms

• de todo a cien
• cien millones
• cien por ciento
• todo a cien
• doscientos m (“two hundred”), doscientas f
• trescientos m (“three hundred”), doscientas f
• cuatrocientos m (“four hundred”), cuatrocientas f
• quinientos m (“five hundred”), quinientas f
• seiscientos (“six hundred”), seiscientas f
• setecientos m (“seven hundred”), setecientas f
• ochocientos (“eight hundred”), ochocientas f
• novecientos m (“nine hundred”), novecientas f

Related terms

• ciento
• cientos
• por cien

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: siyen
• ? Taos: si?en, si?en?

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese ? (MC t?s?en).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?i?n??/
• Tone numbers: cien¹
• Hyphenation: cien

Numeral

cien (old orthography cien)

1. thousand

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??n

Noun

cion (plural cions)

1. (chiefly in botanical senses) Alternative spelling of scion
   • 1621–1626 (published posthumously in 1627): Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum?:?or, A Natural History?;?in ten centuries, century V, Experiments in consort touching the putting back or retardation of germination, ¶?421; reprinted in:
   • 1838, The works of Lord Bacon?:?with an introductory essay, and a portrait?;?in two volumes, volume 1, page 133 (London?:?William Ball, Paternoster Row?;?stereotyped and printed by John Childs and son)

     421.?Men have entertained a conceit that showeth prettily?;?namely, that if you graft a late-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh early, the graft will bear early?;?as a peach upon a cherry?;?and contrariwise, if an early-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh late, the graft will bear fruit late?;?as a cherry upon a peach.?But these are but imaginations, and untrue.?The cause is, for that the cion overruleth the stock quite?:?and the stock is but passive only, and giveth aliment, but no motion to the graft.

Anagrams

• COIN, Coin, ICON, Nico, coin, coni, icon

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /c?n?/
• IPA^(key): /c?n?/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cin (“love, affection; esteem, respect”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ceana)

1. love, affection, fondness (+ ar (“for”))

2. regard, esteem
3. effect, influence

Declension

Derived terms

• cionmhar², ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cin (“share, due portion”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion)

1. share, amount

Declension

Derived terms

• cionmhar¹

Etymology 3

From Old Irish cin (“guilt, fault, crime, offence”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ciona, nominative plural cionta)

1. offence, transgression; blame

Declension

Derived terms

• ainchion m (“grievous offence”)
• ciontóir m (“offender”)

Mutation

References

• "cion" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old French

Alternative forms

• ciun, sion

Etymology

Frankish *kiþ, cognate with English kid.

Noun

cion m (oblique plural cions, nominative singular cions, nominative plural cion)

1. child, usually a newborn

Descendants

• Middle French: sion
  • French: scion
• Picard: chion
• ? Middle English: sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun
  • English: scion

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From the root of gan (“without”)

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)

1. lack, want, shortage, scarcity

Synonyms

• gainne
• gainnead

Derived terms

• cion-cosnaidh
• cion-meirbhidh