centurion

See also: centurión

English

A centurion (reenacted)

Etymology

From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹ.i.ən/, /-ɔːɹ.i.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/, /sɛnˈtʊɹ.i.ən/, /-ɚ.i.ən/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

centurion (plural centurions)

1. (historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
   • 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:

     “Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”

2. (cricket) A player who scores a century.
3. (US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.

Synonyms

• (an officer commanding one hundred or so men): centenier, centenary (obsolete), hundreder, hundredman

Derived terms

• centurion's staff
• centurion syndrome

Related terms

• century

Translations

commander of a century of soldiers

• Aghwan: 𐕇𐕒𐕍𐕈𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔺𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 (x̣oq̇åaraybån'i)
• Arabic: سينتوريون m
• Armenian: ցենտուրիոն (hy) (cʻenturion), հարյուրապետ (hy) (haryurapet)
• Catalan: centurió (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百夫長 / 百夫长 (zh) (bǎifūzhǎng)

• Czech: centurio m, setník m
• Dutch: honderdman (nl) m, centurio (nl) m, centurion (nl) m
• Esperanto: centestro (eo)
• Finnish: sadanpäämies (fi), kenturio (fi)
• French: centurion (fr) m
• German: Centurio m, Zenturio (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 m (hundafaþs)
• Greek: εκατόνταρχος (el) m (ekatóntarchos), κεντυρίων m (kentyríon)

  Ancient: ἑκατοντάρχης m (hekatontárkhēs), κεντυρίων m (kenturíōn), ἑκατόνταρχος (hekatóntarkhos)

• Hebrew: שַׂר מֵאָה m (sar meá)
• Irish: ceantúir m

  Old Irish: centúir m

• Italian: centurione (it) m
• Japanese: 百人隊長 (ひゃくにんたいちょう, hyakunintaichō)
• Kazakh: жүзбасы (jüzbasy)
• Latin: centuriō m
• Maori: keneturio
• Old English: hundredmann
• Old Persian: *θatapati-
• Persian: صدبد (sadbod), سروان (fa) (sarvân)
• Polish: centurion (pl) m
• Portuguese: centurião (pt) m
• Russian: центурио́н (ru) (centurión)
• Spanish: centurión (es) m
• Swedish: centurion (sv) c
• Tagalog: senturyon
• Ukrainian: центуріо́н (uk) m (centurión)

cricket: player who scores a century

• Bengali: শতকধারী (śotokdhari)

Anagrams

• continuer, incounter, neutronic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centuriōnem. By surface analysis, centurie +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ty.ʁjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

centurion m (plural centurions)

1. (Ancient Rome, military) centurion (Roman officer)

Related terms

• centurie

Further reading

• “centurion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• continuer

Polish

centurion

Etymology

From Latin centurio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛnˈtu.rjɔn/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -urjɔn
• Syllabification: cen‧tu‧rion

Noun

centurion m pers

1. (historical) centurion

Declension

Declension of centurion

	singular	plural
nominative	centurion	centurioni/centuriony (deprecative)
genitive	centuriona	centurionów
dative	centurionowi	centurionom
accusative	centuriona	centurionów
instrumental	centurionem	centurionami
locative	centurionie	centurionach
vocative	centurionie	centurioni

Related terms

adjective

• centurialny

noun

• centuria

Further reading

• centurion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• centurion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centurio.

Noun

centurion m (plural centurioni)

1. centurion

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	centurion	centurionul		centurioni	centurionii
genitive-dative	centurion	centurionului		centurioni	centurionilor
vocative	centurionule			centurionilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centuriōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡senturǐoːn/
• Hyphenation: cen‧tu‧ri‧on

Noun

centurìōn m anim (Cyrillic spelling центурѝо̄н)

1. centurion (Roman officer)

Declension

Declension of centurion

	singular	plural
nominative	centurìōn	centurioni
genitive	centurióna	centuriona
dative	centurionu	centurionima
accusative	centuriona	centurione
vocative	centurione	centurioni
locative	centurionu	centurionima
instrumental	centurionom	centurionima

References

• “centurion”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025