different between cyen vs cien

English

Noun

cyen (plural cyens)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion
   • 1697: Virgil [aut.] and John Dryden [tr.], The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics and Æneis, volume 1, The Second Book of the Georgics, “The Argument”, lines 92–95 (7^th ed., 1748)

     From Roots hard Hazels, and from Cyens ri?e
     Tall A?h, and taller Oak that mates the Skies?:
     Palm, Poplar, Firr, de?cending from the Steep
     Of Hills, to try the dangers of the Deep.

Anagrams

• -ency, Nyce

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