cent

See also: Cent, Cent., and cent-

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

cent

Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -ɛnt
enPR: sĕnt, IPA^(key): /sɛnt/
Audio (US)
(file)
Homophones: scent, sent

Noun[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Cent (currency)

Wikipedia

cent (plural cents or cent)

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- 2015 November 22, John Oliver, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, HBO:
  It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.
(informal) A small sum of money.
He blew every last cent.
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
(music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
Abbreviation of century.
(obsolete, except in per cent) Abbreviation of centum. One hundred.
- c. 1450, Octouian Imperator (Octavian), lines 1463-4:
  And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays, Epistle III to Allen, Lord Bathurst, 372:
  The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.
Abbreviation of centigrade.
Abbreviation of center.

Usage notes[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: cent
→ Chinese:
- Cantonese: 仙 (sin1)
- Min Nan: 仙 (sian)
→ French: cent
→ Georgian: ცენტი (cenṭi)
→ Hebrew: סנט‎ (sent)
→ Italian: cent
→ Korean: 센트 (senteu)
→ Polish: cent
→ Samoan: sene
- → English: sene
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: це̏нт
- Latin: cȅnt
→ Swahili: senti
→ Swedish: cent
Tok Pisin: sen
- → Rotokas: sieri

Translations[edit]

subunit of currency in US and elsewhere

Arabic: سِنْت‎ m (sint), سَنْت‎ m (sant)
Armenian: ցենտ (hy) (cʿent)
Belarusian: цэнт m (cent)
Bulgarian: цент m (cent)
Catalan: centau (ca) m (for American continent coins), cèntim (ca) m (for the rest)
Central Melanau: sin
Chinese:
Cantonese: 仙 (sin¹), 分 (fan¹), 厘 (lei⁴)

Hakka: 分 (fûn)

Mandarin: 分 (zh) (fēn)

Min Nan: 分 (zh-min-nan) (hun), 針, 针 (chiam)
Czech: cent (cs)
Dutch: cent (nl) m
Esperanto: cendo (eo)
Faroese: sent n
Fijian: sede (fj)
Finnish: sentti (fi)
French: cent (fr) m, centime (fr) m
Georgian: ცენტი (cenṭi)
German: Cent (de) m
Greek: σεντ (el) n (sent)
Hebrew: סֶנְט‎ (he) m (sent)

Hindi: सेंट (hi) (seṇṭ)
Hungarian: penny (hu), cent (hu)
Indonesian: sen (id)
Irish: ceint m
Italian: centesimo (it) m
Japanese: セント (ja) (sento)
Korean: 센트 (senteu)
Lithuanian: centas (lt) m
Macedonian: цент m (cent)
Malay: sen
Navajo: łichííʼí, tsindáo
Polish: cent (pl) m
Portuguese: centavo (pt) m
Russian: цент (ru) m (cent)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: це̏нт m

Roman: cȅnt (sh) m
Slovak: cent (sk) m
Slovene: cent m
Spanish: centavo (es) m, céntimo (es) m
Swahili: senti (sw)
Swedish: cent (sv) c
Tagalog: pera (tl)
Ukrainian: цент (uk) m (cent)
Urdu: سینٹ‎ (senṭ)
Vietnamese: phần trăm (vi)
West Coast Bajau: sin

one-hundredth of a euro

Bulgarian: цент m (cent)
Catalan: cèntim (ca) m
Central Melanau: sin
Chinese:
Cantonese: 歐仙, 欧仙 (au¹ sin¹)

Mandarin: 歐分 (zh), 欧分 (zh) (ōufēn)
Faroese: sent n
Finnish: sentti (fi)
French: centime (fr) m
German: Cent (de) m
Greek: λεπτό (el) n (leptó)
Hungarian: cent (hu), eurócent
Icelandic: sent (is) n

Indonesian: sen (id)
Irish: cent
Macedonian: цент m (cent)
Malay: sen
Polish: eurocent (pl) m, cent (pl) m
Portuguese: centavo (pt) m, cêntimo (pt) m
Russian: цент (ru) m (cent)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: це̏нт m

Roman: cȅnt (sh) m
Swahili: senti (sw)
Swedish: cent (sv) c
West Coast Bajau: sin

coin

Finnish: sentti (fi)
French: (pièce d'un) cent m (of dollar), (pièce d'un) centime m (of euro)
German: Cent (de) m
Greek: ένα λεπτό n (éna leptó)

Hindi: सेंट (hi) m (seṇṭ)
Hungarian: egycentes
Irish: cent, ceint m
Italian: soldino m
Russian: цент (ru) m (cent)
Swahili: senti (sw)
Swedish: cent (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Maori: ^{(please verify)} hēneti

References[edit]

cent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
cent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams[edit]

tecn-

Catalan[edit]

**Catalan cardinal numbers**
< 99	100
Cardinal : cent Ordinal : centè
Catalan Wikipedia article on cent

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(standard)

(before the words "anys", "homes", "hores") IPA^(key): /ˈsent/
(any other position) IPA^(key): /ˈsen/

(Valencian) and (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈsent/
Homophone: sent
Rhymes: -ent

Numeral[edit]

cent m or f

hundred

Usage notes[edit]

Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una (“1”), dos/dues (“2”), cents/centes (“100s”) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

cent m (plural cents)

hundred

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed 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.

Noun[edit]

cent m (plural cents)

(music) cent (a hundredth of a half step)
(money) cent (A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.)

Related terms[edit]

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

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either a borrowing from English cent or a shortened borrowed from French centime.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /sɛnt/
audio
(file)
Hyphenation: cent
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun[edit]

cent f (plural centen, diminutive centje n)

(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder
(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Afrikaans: sent
→ Indonesian: sen
→ Papiamentu: sèn

References[edit]

^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Esperanto[edit]

**Esperanto numbers ^(edit)**
	1000
← 99	100
	10
Cardinal: cent Ordinal: centa Adverbial: cente Multiplier: centobla, centopa Fractional: centona, centono

Etymology[edit]

From Latin centum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /t͡sent/
Hyphenation: cent
Audio:
(file)

Number[edit]

cent

hundred
- 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto kvara:
  Ĉu vi, Pjotr Ivanoviĉ, ne havas cent rublojn?
  Do you, Pjotr Ivanovich, not have one hundred rubles?

Derived terms[edit]

ducent (“two hundred”)
elcento, pocento, procento (“percent”)
jarcento (“century”)
kvarcent (“four hundred”)
kvincent (“five hundred”)
naŭcent (“nine hundred”)
okcent (“eight hundred”)
sepcent (“seven hundred”)
sescent (“six hundred”)
tricent (“three hundred”)

French[edit]

**French numbers ^(edit)**
	1000
^{[a], [b]} ← 99	100
	10
Cardinal: cent Ordinal: centième Multiplier: centuple

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Number

IPA^(key): /sɑ̃/, (liaison) /sɑ̃t‿/
audio
(file)
Homophones: cents, sang, sangs, sans, sens, sent

Numeral[edit]

cent

hundred

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Garifuna: san
Haitian Creole: san

Related terms[edit]

centi-

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English cent, itself from Old French.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /sɛnt/, /sɛn/
Homophone: cents

Noun[edit]

cent m (plural cents)

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

Synonyms[edit]

(euro): centime
(dollar): cenne (colloquial, Canada), sou (slang, North America)

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

cent

hundred

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ ˈt͡sɛnt]
Hyphenation: cent
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun[edit]

cent (plural centek)

(money) cent (a subunit of currency)
(informal) centilitre
Synonym: centiliter

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cent	centek
accusative	centet	centeket
dative	centnek	centeknek
instrumental	centtel	centekkel
causal-final	centért	centekért
translative	centté	centekké
terminative	centig	centekig
essive-formal	centként	centekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	centben	centekben
superessive	centen	centeken
adessive	centnél	centeknél
illative	centbe	centekbe
sublative	centre	centekre
allative	centhez	centekhez
elative	centből	centekből
delative	centről	centekről
ablative	centtől	centektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	centé	centeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	centéi	centekéi

Possessive forms of cent
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	centem	centjeim
2nd person sing.	cented	centjeid
3rd person sing.	centje	centjei
1st person plural	centünk	centjeink
2nd person plural	centetek	centjeitek
3rd person plural	centjük	centjeik

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

Ido[edit]

**Ido numbers ^(edit)**
	1000
← 99	100
	10
Cardinal: cent Ordinal: centesma Adverbial: centfoye Multiplier: centopla Fractional: centima

Etymology 1[edit]

Back-formation from cento.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /t͡sɛnt/

Numeral[edit]

cent

hundred (100)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English cent, French cent, German Cent, Italian cent, Russian цент (cent), Spanish centavo.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /sent/, /t͡sent/

Noun[edit]

cent (plural cents or cent-i)

(numismatics) cent

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English cent.

Noun[edit]

cent m (invariable)

cent (US coin)
euro cent (European coin)

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio
(file)

Numeral[edit]

cent

hundred

Derived terms[edit]

centen

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin centum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /t͡sent/

Numeral[edit]

cardinal number
100	Previous:	nonante et nuef
100	Next:	cent et un

cent m (oblique plural cenz or centz, nominative singular cenz or centz, nominative plural cent)

one hundred

Descendants[edit]

→ Dutch: cent
- Afrikaans: sent
- → Indonesian: sen
- → Papiamentu: sèn
→ English: cent (see there for further descendants)
Middle French: cent
- French: cent
  - → Garifuna: san
  - Haitian Creole: san
Walloon: cint

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin centum or English cent.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /t͡sɛnt/
audio
(file)

Noun[edit]

cent m anim

cent

Declension[edit]

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English cent.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tsênt/

Noun[edit]

cȅnt m (Cyrillic spelling це̏нт)

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

Declension[edit]

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

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English cent.

Noun[edit]

cent c

cent; a subunit of currency

Declension[edit]

Declension of cent
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cent	centen	cent	centen
Genitive	cents	centens	cents	centens

References[edit]

Hur ska vi hantera euro?, Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, February 8, 2007
Euro, Språkrådet, Veckans språkråd 2002

[1] Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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cent

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