different between cien vs scion

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; from Frankish *k?þ?, *k?þ, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, *k?þaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ??þ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon k?th (“sprout; germ”), Old High German k?di (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?.?n/, /?sa?.?n/
• Rhymes: -a??n

Noun

scion (plural scions)

1. A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
2. The heir to a throne.
3. A guardian.
4. (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

Translations

Trivia

One of three common words ending in -cion, the other two being coercion and suspicion.

Further reading

• “scion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic

French

Etymology

From Old French cion, ciun, from Frankish *kith?, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, to sprout”). Spelling influenced by scie (“saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sj??/

Noun

scion m (plural scions)

1. scion (detached twig)
2. tip of a fishing rod

Synonyms

• (detached twig): greffon

See also

• (tip of fishing rod): canne

Further reading

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