English Explanatory Dictionary

centenary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly
  2. Occurring every 100 years.
  3. Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old.
  4. Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit.
noun
  1. Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
  2. Synonym of century: a period of 100 years.
  3. Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.
  4. Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts.
  5. Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.
  6. Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration.
  7. Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things.
  8. Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old.
verb
  1. To celebrate the centennial of.

Pronunciation

/sɛnˈtɛnəɹi/ /ˈsɛntəˌnɛɹi/ /sɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/ /sənˈtiːn(ə)ri/ /sɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/ /sənˈtɛn(ə)ri/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-centenary.wav

Word forms

centenary centenaries centenarying centenaried

Etymology

From 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 centner, kantar, and quintal.

Synonyms

centennial centenarian hundred-year-old centurion century hundredweight centgrave hundredman hundred

Related words

centenarian frequency

Derived words

semicentenary sesquicentenary bicentenary tricentenary quadricentenary quincentenary sexcentenary septicentenary octocentenary novocentenary

Translations

Belarusian: стагадо́вы Bulgarian: стогодишен Czech: stoletý Danish: hundredåret Dutch: honderdjarig Finnish: satavuotis- French: centenaire German: hundertjährig Greek: εκατονταετής Ido: centyara Italian: centenario Macedonian: стого́дишен Maltese: ċentinarju Maltese: seklu Norman: chent'naithe Polish: stuletni Portuguese: centenário Russian: столе́тний Serbo-Croatian: стогодишњи Serbo-Croatian: stogodišnji Slovak: storočný Slovene: stoleten Spanish: centenario Swedish: hundraårig Ukrainian: столі́тній
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