centum

English

Etymology

Latin centum (“hundred”), the canonical example of a word retaining an original velar stop, as opposed to Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 (satəm).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɛntəm/, X-SAMPA: /"kEnt@m/

Adjective

centum (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) referring to a Proto-Indo-European language group that did not produce sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

Antonyms

• satem

Derived terms

• centumization

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Italian

Adjective

centum (invariable)

1. used only in the term lingua centum

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Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : centum     Ordinal : centēsimus     Adverbial : centiēns     Multiplier : centumplex     Distributive : centēnī
Latin Wikipedia article on centum

Alternative forms

• Symbol: C

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Formal cognates include Sanskrit शत (śata), Old Church Slavonic съто (sŭto) and Old English hund.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈken.tum/, [ˈken.tũ], X-SAMPA: /"ken.tum/

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• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛn.tum/, X-SAMPA: /"tSEn.tum/.

Numeral

centum (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) a hundred; 100
   • 29 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon, liber IV: 381-383

     Simul ipsa precatur Oceanumque patrem rerum Nymphasque sorores centum quae silvas, centum quae flumina servant.

     "Together she entreats father Ocean, and the sister-nymphs who guard a hundred forests and a hundred streams."

Usage notes

The numeral centum behaves like an indeclinable adjective. See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers for additional information.

Derived terms

centēnī centēsimus centi- centiceps centiēns, centiēs centifidus centifolia centimanus

centimeter centimetrum centinōdius centipeda centipelliō centipēs centoculus centumpeda

centumpondium centumvirī centumplex, centiplex centuplicātus centuplicō centuplus centuria centussis

ducentī nōngentī octingentī quadringentī quīngentī septingentī sescentī trecentī ūndēcentum

Related terms

centēnārius centēniōnālis nummus

centuriō centuriōnus

Descendants

Albanian: qind Asturian: cien, cientu Catalan: cent Corsican: centu Dalmatian: ciant English: cent, centum Esperanto: cent

French: cent Friulian: cent Galician: cen Interlingua: cento Italian: cento Jèrriais: chent Novial: sent

Portuguese: cem, cento Romansch: tschient Sardinian: centu, chentu Spanish: cien, ciento Venetian: sento, zsento

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers