centesimo
See also: centésimo
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Italian centesimo. Doublet of centime.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tʃɛnˈtɛzɪməʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛnˈtɛzɪmoʊ/
Noun Edit
centesimo (plural centesimos or centesimi)
- (historical) A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira. [from 19th c.]
Etymology 2 Edit
Borrowed from Spanish centésimo.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɛzɪməʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɛzɪmoʊ/
Noun Edit
centesimo (plural centesimos)
- A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile. [from 19th c.]
- 2005 November 12, The Guardian:
- And if they were talking 3-5-2, it referred only to the centesimos they were cutting, filing and preparing to throw at the Australian players from the stands throughout the match.
Anagrams Edit
Italian Edit
1,000 | ||||
← 90 | ← 99 | 100 | 101 → [a], [b] | 200 → |
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10 | ||||
Cardinal: cento Ordinal: centesimo Ordinal abbreviation: 100º | ||||
Italian Wikipedia article on 100 |
Etymology Edit
From cento (“hundred”) + -esimo (“-th”).
Pronunciation Edit
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈtɛ.zi.mo/, /t͡ʃenˈte.zi.mo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛzimo, -ezimo
- Hyphenation: cen‧tè‧si‧mo, cen‧té‧si‧mo
Adjective Edit
centesimo (feminine centesima, masculine plural centesimi, feminine plural centesime)
Noun Edit
centesimo m (plural centesimi)
Related terms Edit
References Edit
- ^ centesimo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams Edit
Latin Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kenˈteː.si.moː/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪eːs̠ɪmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈte.si.mo/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪ɛːs̬imo]
Etymology 1 Edit
From centēsimus (“hundredth”) + -ō.
Verb Edit
centēsimō (present infinitive centēsimāre, perfect active centēsimāvī, supine centēsimātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I centesimate (to select one person in every hundred for a punishment)
Conjugation Edit
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
- English: centesimate
Etymology 2 Edit
Numeral Edit
centēsimō
References Edit
- “centesimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- centesimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette