cent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 See also 1.4 Abbreviation 2 Breton 2.1 Numeral 3 Catalan 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Cardinal number 3.1.1.1 Usage notes 3.1.1.2 Derived terms 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.2.1 Usage notes 3.1.2.2 Synonyms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Related terms 4 Croatian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Dutch 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Derived terms 6 Esperanto 6.1 Numeral 7 French 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Cardinal numeral 7.3.1 Derived terms 7.3.2 Related terms 7.4 Noun 8 Ido 8.1 Cardinal number 9 Italian 9.1 Noun 10 Swedish 10.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French cent (“‘hundred’”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)ḱm̥tóm.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕnt, IPA: /sɛnt/, SAMPA: /sEnt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Homophones: scent, sent

[edit] Noun

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cent (plural cents or cent)

1. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries, including the United States. Symbol: ¢.
2. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
3. (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
4. (music) A hundredth of a half step.

[edit] Usage notes

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

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

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• centennial
• centi-
• centipede
• centurion
• century

[edit] See also

• dollar
• euro
• per cent
• two cents

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cent

1. century

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[edit] Breton

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cent

1. (cardinal) (one or a) hundred

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)ḱm̥tóm.

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Catalan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : cent     Ordinal : centè
Catalan Wikipedia article on cent

cent m. and f. adj. and m. sg. noun (masculine plural noun cents)

1. (cardinal) hundred

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Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives. When used as a noun, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts. An exception occurs in certain expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock) where the feminine noun hora (pl. hores) has been elided.

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• cent per cent
• per cent

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cent m. and f. (masculine plural cents, feminine plural centes)

1. (quantity) A hundred of something.

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In this sense, the gender of the noun matches that of there are hundreds of.

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• centenar

[edit] Etymology 2

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.

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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.)

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• cèntim (“‘A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit.’”)

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cent m (plural centi)

1. cent (of a dollar or euro)

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɛnt/, SAMPA: /sEnt/

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cent m. (plural centen, diminutive centje, diminutive plural centjes)

1. cent (one-hundredth of a euro)

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• centiem
• dollarcent
• eurocent

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cent

1. (cardinal) hundred.

   En 1999, la gazeto eldonis retrospektivon de la pasintaj cent jaroj.

   In 1999, the newspaper published a retrospective of the last hundred years.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

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• IPA: /sã(t)/, SAMPA: /sA_O~(t)/
• Homophones: sang, sans, sens (from sentir)

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cent m (plural cents)

1. (one or a) hundred

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• centaine
• centenaire
• centésimal
• centième
• centigrade
• centime
• pourcent

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• centi-

[edit] Noun

cent m. (plural cents)

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

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cent

1. a/one hundred (100)

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cent m. inv.

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

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for cent	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cent	centen	cent	centen
Genitive	cents	centens	cents	centens

cent c.

1. cent; a subunit of currency