centenarian

English

Etymology

Coined around 1800 as centenary +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛn.tɪˈnɛəɹ.i.ən/

Noun

centenarian (plural centenarians)

1. One who is at least 100 years old. One who is past their tenth decade.

Translations

one who is at least 100 years old

• Chinese: 人瑞 (rénruì)
• Czech: stoletý (cs) m, stoletá f
• Dutch: honderdjarige (nl) m, f
• Finnish: satavuotias (fi)
• French: centenaire (fr) m, f
• German: Hundertjährige f, Hundertjähriger m
• Greek: εκατονταετής (el) m, f (ekatontaetís)
• Hungarian: százéves
• Japanese: センテナリアン (sentenarian), 百寿者

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hundreåring m

  Nynorsk: hundreåring m

• Polish: stulatek (pl) m, stulatka (pl) f
• Russian: столе́тний челове́к m (stolétnij čelovék), столе́тний (ru) m (stolétnij), долгожи́тель (ru) m (dolgožítelʹ), долгожи́тельница (ru) f (dolgožítelʹnica) (long-liver)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: centenario (es) m
• Tagalog: sasandaanin

Adjective

centenarian (comparative more centenarian, superlative most centenarian)

1. Being at least 100 years old. Beyond one's tenth decade.
2. Of or relating to a centenarian.

Translations

being at least 100 yrs old

• Finnish: satavuotias (fi)
• German: hundertjährig (de)
• Polish: stulatek (pl), stulatka (pl)

• Russian: столе́тний (ru) (stolétnij)
• Spanish: centenario (es)

of or relating to a centenarian

• Finnish: satavuotinen (fi), satavuotis- (fi)

• Spanish: centenario (es)

Derived terms

• supercentenarian

Related terms

• vicenarian
• tricenarian
• quadragenarian
• quinquagenarian
• sexagenarian
• septuagenarian
• octogenarian
• nonagenarian