centenary

English

Etymology

Attested since about 1790, from Latin centēnārius (“of one hundred”), from centēnī (“one hundred each”) (from centum (“hundred”) + -arius.

Adjective

centenary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years.

   Synonym: centennial

2. Relating to a hundred of anything.

Translations

of, or pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years

• Belarusian: стагадо́вы (stahadóvy)
• Bulgarian: стогодишен (stogodišen)
• Czech: stoletý (cs)
• Danish: hundredåret
• Dutch: honderdjarig (nl)
• Finnish: satavuotis- (fi)
• French: centenaire (fr)
• German: hundertjährig (de)
• Greek: εκατονταετής (el) m or f (ekatontaetís)
• Ido: centyara (io)
• Italian: centenario (it)
• Maltese: ċentinarju, seklu
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• Norman: chent'naithe
• Polish: stuletni (pl)
• Portuguese: centenário (pt)
• Russian: столе́тний (ru) (stolétnij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стогодишњи

  Roman: stogodišnji (sh)

• Slovak: storočný
• Slovene: stoleten
• Spanish: centenario (es)
• Swedish: hundraårig (sv)
• Ukrainian: столі́тній (stolítnij)

Noun

centenary (plural centenaries)

1. A one-hundredth anniversary.

Translations

centennial — see centennial

Derived terms

• centenarian

See also

• centennial