cent

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] Noun

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Wikipedia 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. (informal) A small sum of money.
    He blew every last cent.
  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 half step.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Translations

subunit of currency in US and elsewhere
one-hundredth of a euro
coin
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[edit] Abbreviation

cent

  1. century

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Latin centum

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cent m. (oblique plural cenz, nominative singular cenz, nominative plural cent)

  1. hundred

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

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

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[edit] Cardinal number

Catalan cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101
    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.

[edit] Derived terms
exact multiples of 100

[edit] Noun

cent m. (plural cents, feminine centa, 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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[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.

[edit] 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.)
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  • cèntim (“A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit.”)

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] Noun

cent m. (plural centen, diminutive centje)

  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.

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[edit] Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101   > 
    Cardinal : cent
    Ordinal : centa

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Latin centum

[edit] Number

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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[edit] Cardinal number

cent

  1. hundred

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[edit] Noun

cent m. (plural cents)

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

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  • (money): sou (slang)

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Cardinal number

cent

  1. a/one hundred (100)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

cent m. inv.

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

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Latin centum

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cent m. (oblique plural cenz, nominative singular cenz, nominative plural cent)

  1. one hundred

[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin centum

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  • IPA: [t͡s̪ɛn̪t̪]
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[edit] Noun

cent m.

  1. cent

[edit] Declension

    declension of cent
singular plural
nominative cent centy
genitive centa centów
dative centowi centom
accusative centa centy
instrumental centem centami
locative cencie centach
vocative cencie centy

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /tsênt/

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cȅnt m. (Cyrillic spelling це̏нт)

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

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    declension of cent
singular plural
nominative cȅnt cȅnti
genitive centa cȇntā
dative centu centima
accusative cȅnt cente
vocative centu / cente centi
locative centu centima
instrumental centom centima

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

cent c.

  1. cent; a subunit of currency

[edit] Declension

Declension of cent
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cent centen cent centen
genitive cents centens cents centens

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