centennial

See also: Centennial

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin centum hundred + annus year + -al; surface analysis cent- +‎ -ennial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/

Adjective

centennial (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

   a centennial ode

2. Happening once in a hundred years.

   a centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.
   • (Can we date this quote by Longfellow and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     That opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.

Noun

centennial (plural centennials)

1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Derived terms

• centennially
• multicentennial
• semicentennial
• sesquicentennial

Translations

100th anniversary

• Armenian: հարյուրամյակ (hy) (haryuramyak)
• Bulgarian: стогодишнина f (stogodišnina)
• Catalan: centenari m
• Czech: sté výročí
• Danish: hundredårsdag
• Dutch: eeuwfeest (nl)
• Finnish: satavuotispäivä
• French: centenaire (fr) m
• Georgian: ასი წლისთავი (asi c̣listavi)
• German: Hundertjahrfeier f, hundertster Jahrestag m
• Greek: εκατονταετηρίδα (el) f (ekatontaetirída)
• Hungarian: centenárium (hu)
• Italian: centenario (it) m
• Latvian: simtgadu
• Lithuanian: šimtmetis (lt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: chent'naithe m
• Norwegian: hundreårsdag
• Polish: stulecie (pl) n
• Portuguese: centenário (pt) m
• Romanian: centenar (ro)
• Russian: столе́тие (ru) n (stolétije), столе́тняя годовщи́на f (stolétnjaja godovščína)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стогодишњица f, столеће n

  Roman: stogodišnjica (sh) f, stoleće n

• Spanish: centenario (es) m
• Swedish: hundraårsdag
• Turkish: yüzüncü yıldönümü