See also: cień, cíen, ĉien, and Cień

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

cien

  1. Obsolete spelling of scion

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : cien
    Ordinal : centésimu

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From cientu, from Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

NumeralEdit

cien (indeclinable)

  1. one hundred; 100
    cien llobosone hundred wolves
    cien vaquesone hundred cows

Usage notesEdit

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 termsEdit

MirandeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

NumeralEdit

cien

  1. one-hundred

SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

cien

  1. genitive plural of cena

SpanishEdit

Spanish numbers (edit)
1,000
←  90 ←  99 100 101  → 200  →
10
    Cardinal: cien, (before lower numerals) ciento
    Ordinal: centésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º
    Multiplier: céntuplo
    Fractional: centésimo, centavo, céntimo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 100

EtymologyEdit

From ciento, from Latin centum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθjen/ [ˈθjẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjen/ [ˈsjẽn]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: cien
  • Homophone: (Latin America) sien

NumberEdit

cien

  1. one hundred (100)

Usage notesEdit

  • cien is used when standing alone as a numeral:
    de uno hasta el cienfrom one to one hundred
    hay dos cienes en el papelthere are two hundreds (occurrences of the number "one hundred") on the paper
  • cien is used when followed by a noun:
    cien personasone hundred people
  • cien is used when followed by a higher numeral:
    cien milone hundred thousand
    cien milionesone hundred million
  • ciento is used when followed by a lower numeral:
    ciento dos personasone hundred and two people
  • ciento is used as a noun referring to 100 units of something:
    dos cientos de manzanastwo hundred apples (literally, “two hundred units of apples”)
  • In the indefinite sense, ciento is used:
    cientos de pesoshundreds of pesos
  • To indicate percentages, ciento is usually used, with regional exceptions, especially for 100%:
    cincuenta por cientofifty percent
    cien por cientoone hundred percent

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Cebuano: siyen
  • Taos: si̋en, si̋eną

Further readingEdit

ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Chinese (MC t͡sʰen).

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

cien (1957–1982 spelling cien)

  1. thousand