centenary
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin centēnārius (“containing 100; local official overseeing a hundred”) either directly or via French centenaire, from centēnī (“100 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centenarian, centenarize, kantar, and quintal.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɛnəɹi/, /ˈsɛntəˌnɛɹi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sənˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/, /sənˈtɛn(ə)ri/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editcentenary (not comparable)
- Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly [c. 1451]
- Coordinate terms: unary, binary, trinary, tetranary, quintenary, hexanary, septenary, octonary, nonary, decenary, vicenary, tricenary, quadragenary, quinquagenary, semicentenary, sexagenary, septuagenary, octogenary, nonagenary, millenary
- Occurring every 100 years.
- Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old.
- Synonyms: centennial, centenarian, hundred-year-old
- (historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit.
Translations
editNoun
editcentenary (plural centenaries)
- (obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
- (obsolete) Synonym of century: a period of 100 years.
- Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.
- 1941 September, “Notes and News: The London & Blackwall Cable Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 424–425:
- In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is deserving of record.
- (uncommon) Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts.
- (historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.
- (historical) Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration.
- (obsolete) Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things.
- (obsolete, rare) Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old.
Derived terms
edit- semicentenary, sesquicentenary, bicentenary, tricentenary, quadricentenary, quincentenary, sexcentenary, septicentenary, octocentenary, novocentenary
Verb
editcentenary (third-person singular simple present centenaries, present participle centenarying, simple past and past participle centenaried)
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate the centennial of.
See also
editReferences
edit- “centenary, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- “† centenary, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.
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