cento

English

Etymology

From Latin cento ‘patchwork garment’.

Noun

cento (plural centos or (obsolete) centones)

1. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors.
   • 2007: Paradise Lost, as Teskey observes, is a cento, a vast echo chamber of classical texts, all twisted into new shapes. — William Poole, ‘Out of his Furrow’, London Review of Books 29:3, p. 16

Anagrams

• c note, c-note, Noteć

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Galician

Numeral

cento

1. combining form of cen (100).

Usage notes

The indeclinable form cen means "one hundred" only. To say "one hundred one", the combining form cento is used, as cento un or cento unha. Likewise, "one hundred thirty" is cento trinta, and "one hundred fifty-four" is cento cincuenta e catro.

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Interlingua

Noun

cento (plural centos)

1. hundred

Numeral

cento

1. a hundred

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Italian

Italian cardinal numbers

<  99	100	101  >
Cardinal : cento     Ordinal : centesimo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

cènto, /ˈtʃɛnto/, /"tSEnto/

Adjective

cento m and f (invariable)

1. hundred

Italian cardinal numbers

<  101	102	103  >
Cardinal : cento

Noun

cento m (invariable)

1. hundred

Related terms

centavo centenario centennale centenne centennio centerbe centesima centesimale centesimo centiara centigrado centigrammo centile centilitro centiloquio

centimano centimetrare centimetrato centimetrico centimetro centinaio centinodia centodieci centofoglie centogambe centometrista centomila centomillesimo centone centonervia

centopelle centopiedi centotredici centouno centumvirale centumvirato centumviro centuplicare centuplice centuplo centuria centuriare centurione per cento

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Anagrams

• conte

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Portuguese

Noun

cento m (plural centos)

1. hundred