cent
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (abbreviations): cent.
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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, “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.
- c. 1450, Octouian Imperator (Octavian), lines 1463-4:
- 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]
Translations[edit]
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- 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.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “cent” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cent at OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
< 99 | 100 | |
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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)
Numeral[edit]
cent m or f
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)
See also[edit]
- dos-cents m (“two hundred”), dues-centes f (“two hundred”)
- Old Catalan: doents (“two hundred”)
- tres-cents (“three hundred”)
- quatre-cents (“four hundred”)
- cinc-cents (“five hundred”)
- sis-cents (“six hundred”)
- set-cents (“seven hundred”)
- vuit-cents (“eight hundred”)
- nou-cents (“nine 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]
Further reading[edit]
- “cent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “cent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either a borrowing from English cent or a shortened borrowed from French centime.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sent
- → Caribbean Javanese: sèn
- → Indonesian: sen
- → Papiamentu: sèn, cens
- → Sranan Tongo: sensi
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]
1,000 | ||||
← 90 | ← 99 | 100 | 200 → | 1,000 → |
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10 | ||||
Cardinal: cent Ordinal: centa Adverbial: cente Multiplier: centobla, centopa Fractional: centona, centono |
Etymology[edit]
From Latin centum. Doublet of cendo.
Pronunciation[edit]
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]
French[edit]
1,000 | ||||
[a], [b] ← 90 | [a], [b] ← 99 | 100 | 200 → | 1,000 → |
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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]
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃/, (liaison) /sɑ̃t‿/
audio (file) - Homophones: cents, san, sang, sangs, sans, sens, sent
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃
Numeral[edit]
cent
Derived terms[edit]
- centaine
- centenaire
- centésimal
- centième
- centigrade
- centime
- cent pour cent
- cent sept ans
- centuple
- centupler
- cinq cents
- deux cents
- en un mot comme en cent
- faire les cent pas
- guerre de Cent Ans
- huit cents
- neuf cents
- pourcent
- quatre cents
- sept cents
- six cents
- trois cents
- un point fait à temps en épargne cent
Descendants[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- deux cents (“two hundred”)
- trois cents (“three hundred”)
- quatre cents (“four hundred”)
- cinq cents (“five hundred”)
- six cents (“six hundred”)
- sept cents (“seven hundred”)
- huit cents (“eight hundred”)
- neuf cents (“nine hundred”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from English cent, itself from Old French.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cent m (plural cents)
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Numeral[edit]
cent
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cent (plural centek)
- (money) cent (a subunit of currency)
- (informal) centilitre
- Synonym: centiliter
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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]
Further reading[edit]
- cent in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)
Ido[edit]
← 90 | ← 99 | 100 | 1,000 → | |
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10 | ||||
Cardinal: cent Ordinal: centesma Adverbial: centfoye Multiplier: centopla Fractional: centima |
Etymology 1[edit]
Back-formation from cento.
Pronunciation[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cent m (invariable)
Lombard[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cento.
Numeral[edit]
cent
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Numeral[edit]
cent
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 242.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
100 | Previous: | nonante et nuef |
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Next: | cent et un |
cent m (oblique plural cenz or centz, nominative singular cenz or centz, nominative plural cent)
- one hundred
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: cent
- French: cent (see there for further descendants)
- Walloon: cint
- → Dutch: cent (see there for further descendants)
- → English: cent (see there for further descendants)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin centum or English cent.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cent m anim
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- cent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cȅnt m (Cyrillic spelling це̏нт)
Declension[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cent c
- cent; a subunit of currency
Declension[edit]
Declension of cent | ||||
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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
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