cien

See also: cíen, cień, ĉien, and Cień

English

Noun

cien

1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Anagrams

• Ince, NICE, Nice, Niec, cine, cine-, icen, nice

Asturian

Asturian numbers ^(edit)

		1,000[a], [b]
←  10	←  90	100	200  →	1,000  → [a], [b]
		10
Cardinal: cien     Ordinal: centésimu

Alternative forms

• cientu (combining form only)

Etymology

From cientu, from Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien (indeclinable)

1. one hundred; 100

   cien llobos — one hundred wolves

   cien vaques — one hundred cows

Usage notes

The indeclinable form cien means "one hundred" only. To say "one hundred one", the combining form cientu is used, as cientu un. Likewise, "one hundred thirty" is cientu trenta, and "one hundred fifty-four" is cientu cincuenta y cuatro.

Derived terms

• centenu

Mirandese

Mirandese numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  90	←  99	100	200  →	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: cien

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien

1. one hundred

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɪ̯en/, [ˈt͡sɪ̯en]
• Rhymes: -ɪ̯en

Noun

cien

1. genitive plural of cena

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  90	←  99	100	200  →	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: cien, (before lower numerals) ciento     Ordinal: centésimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º     Multiplier: céntuplo     Fractional: centésimo, centavo, céntimo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 100

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm

Proto-Italic *kəntom

Latin centum

Old Spanish

Spanish ciento

Spanish cien

Apocopation of ciento, from Old Spanish, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kəntom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm, from *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjen/ [ˈθjẽn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsjen/ [ˈsjẽn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: cien
• Homophone: (Latin America) sien

Number

cien

1. one hundred (100)

Usage notes

• The word cien is an apocopation of ciento. These two forms are generally not interchangeable; their use can be determined by the following rules:
  • cien is used:
    • when not followed by other numerals: i.e., with the number "100" itself and numbers that end in "-100" in their numerical form (both as a quantity and as a standalone numeral):

      cien personas ― one hundred people

      dos mil cien personas ― two thousand one hundred people

      contar hasta el cien ― to count up to one hundred

      noventa y ocho... noventa y nueve... ¡cien! ― ninety-eight... ninety-nine... one hundred!

    • when immediately followed by a higher numeral to indicate a number with higher order of magnitude:

      cien mil ― one hundred thousand

      cien mil uno ― one hundred thousand and one

      cien millones ― one hundred million

  • ciento is used:
    • when immediately followed by a lower numeral to indicate a number with more significant figures:

      ciento dos ― one hundred and two

      ciento cincuenta y ocho ― one hundred and fifty-eight

      ciento cincuenta y ocho mil ― one hundred and fifty-eight thousand

    • To indicate percentages:

      cincuenta y uno por ciento ― fifty-one per cent

      • A notable exception to this is the percentage 100%, which allows the use of either cien or ciento. In particular, cien por cien, ciento por ciento and cien por ciento (but not *ciento por cien) are all considered valid by the Royal Spanish Academy. Spain chiefly uses cien por cien, while most of Latin America prefers ciento por ciento.
  • Set phrases, idioms and proverbs may use either cien or ciento, depending on the phrase: de todo a cien; poner a cien; ciento y la madre; de ciento en viento; quien hace un cesto hará ciento, si le dan mimbres y tiempo.
• Each form has a corresponding plural – respectively cienes and cientos – which are likewise not interchangeable. In particular:
  • When referring to a quantity, whether arbitrary or groups of 100 units, the standard way is to use cientos:

    cientos de dólares ― hundreds of dollars

    dos cientos de manzanas ― two sets of one hundred apples (note that this is not the same as "two hundred apples", which is doscientas manzanas – see below)

  The use of cienes in these contexts can be found in some countries of Central America, but the Royal Spanish Academy discourages such use.

  • In standard Spanish, cienes is effectively reserved only when referring to the figure 100 itself:

    Hay dos cienes en esta hoja de papel. ― There are two hundreds (= occurrences of the number 100) on this piece of paper.

  • Numerals that are multiples of 100 have their own forms: doscientos (200), trescientos (300), cuatrocientos (400), quinientos (500), seiscientos (600), setecientos (700), ochocientos (800) and novecientos (900). Unlike cien and ciento, which are not gendered, these numerals change depending on the gender of the objects: their respective feminine forms end in -as instead of -os (doscientas, trescientas etc.).

Derived terms

• al cien
• a cien
• de todo a cien
• cien por ciento, cien por cien
• poner a cien
• todo a cien
• doscientos m (“two hundred”), doscientas f
• trescientos m (“three hundred”), trescientas f
• cuatrocientos m (“four hundred”), cuatrocientas f
• quinientos m (“five hundred”), quinientas f
• seiscientos (“six hundred”), seiscientas f
• setecientos m (“seven hundred”), setecientas f
• ochocientos (“eight hundred”), ochocientas f
• novecientos m (“nine hundred”), novecientas f

Related terms

• ciento
• cientos
• por cien

Descendants

• → Cebuano: siyen
• → Taos: si̋en, si̋eną

Further reading

• “cien”, 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

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 千 (MC tshen).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕiːn˨˦/
• Tone numbers: cien¹
• Hyphenation: cien

Numeral

cien (1957–1982 spelling cien)

1. thousand