centenary

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

centenary (not comparable)

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

TranslationsEdit

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

• Belarusian: стагадовы (stahadóvy)
• Bulgarian: стогодишен (stogodišen)
• Czech: stoletý
• Danish: hundredåret
• Dutch: honderdjarig
• French: centenaire (fr)
• German: hundertjährig
• Greek: εκατονταετής (el) m f (ekatontaetís)
• Ido: centyara (io)
• Italian: centenario (it)
• Maltese: ċentinarju, seklu
• 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: столітній (stolítnij)

NounEdit

centenary (plural centenaries)

1. A one hundredth anniversary.

TranslationsEdit

centennial — see centennial

Derived termsEdit

• centenarian

See alsoEdit

• centennial