centenario

See also: centenário and Centenário

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centēnārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃen.teˈna.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: cen‧te‧nà‧rio

Adjective

centenario (feminine centenaria, masculine plural centenari, feminine plural centenarie)

1. one hundred years old
2. centennial

Noun

centenario m (plural centenari, feminine centenaria)

1. centenarian
2. centenary

Coordinate terms

• (10) decenario
• (20) ventenario
• (30) trentenario
• (40) quarantenario
• (50) cinquantenario
• (60) sessantenario
• (70) settantenario
• (80) ottantenario
• (90) novantenario
• (100) centenario
• (200) duecentenario
• (300) trecentenario
• (400) quattrocentenario
• (500) cinquecentenario
• (600) seicentenario
• (700) settecentenario
• (800) ottocentenario
• (900) novecentenario
• (1,000) millenario

Derived terms

• supercentenario

• bicentenario
• cinquecentenario
• duecentenario
• novecentenario
• ottocentenario
• quattrocentenario
• seicentenario
• settecentenario
• trecentenario

Related terms

• cento

Further reading

• centenario in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• centenario in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• centenário¹ in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• centenário² in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• cantoniere, incatenerò, tencionare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛn.teːˈnaː.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃen.teˈnaː.ri.o]

Adjective

centēnāriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of centēnārius

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm

Proto-Italic *kəntom

Latin centum

Latin -(ē)nus

Latin centēnus

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -ārius

Latin centēnāriusbor.

Spanish centenario

Borrowed from Latin centēnārius. Doublet of quintal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θenteˈnaɾjo/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈna.ɾjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /senteˈnaɾjo/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈna.ɾjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: cen‧te‧na‧rio

Adjective

centenario (feminine centenaria, masculine plural centenarios, feminine plural centenarias)

1. centenary, centennial
2. hundred-year-old

Noun

centenario m (plural centenarios)

1. centenary, centennial

Derived terms

• sesquicentenario
• supercentenario

Related terms

• ciento

Further reading

• “centenario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025