centurion
See also: centurión
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis, from centum (“a hundred”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹ.i.ən/, /-ɔːɹ.i.ən/
- (US) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/, /sɛnˈtʊɹ.i.ən/, /-ɚ.i.ən/
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Noun edit
centurion (plural centurions)
- (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.”
- (cricket) A player who scores a century.
- (US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed 100 night landings on an aircraft carrier.
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commander of a century of soldiers
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cricket: player who scores a century
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin centuriōnem. By surface analysis, centurie + -on.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
centurion m (plural centurions)
- (Ancient Rome, military) centurion (Roman officer)
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Further reading edit
- “centurion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Polish edit
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Noun edit
centurion m pers
Declension edit
Declension of centurion
singular | plural | |
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nominative | centurion | centurioni/centuriony (deprecative) |
genitive | centuriona | centurionów |
dative | centurionowi | centurionom |
accusative | centuriona | centurionów |
instrumental | centurionem | centurionami |
locative | centurionie | centurionach |
vocative | centurionie | centurioni |
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adjective
noun
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
centurion m (plural centurioni)
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Declension of centurion
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) centurion | centurionul | (niște) centurioni | centurionii |
genitive/dative | (unui) centurion | centurionului | (unor) centurioni | centurionilor |
vocative | centurionule | centurionilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
centurìōn m (Cyrillic spelling центурѝо̄н)
- centurion (Roman officer)
Declension edit
Declension of centurion
singular | plural | |
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nominative | centurìōn | centurioni |
genitive | centurióna | centuriona |
dative | centurionu | centurionima |
accusative | centuriona | centurione |
vocative | centurione | centurioni |
locative | centurionu | centurionima |
instrumental | centurionom | centurionima |
References edit
- “centurion” in Hrvatski jezični portal