English Explanatory Dictionary

centennial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
  2. Happening once in a hundred years.
  3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.
noun
  1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
name
  1. A city in Colorado.
  2. A census-designated place in Wyoming.

Pronunciation

/sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-centennial.wav

Word forms

centennial centennials

Etymology

From Late Latin centennis (“100-year”) + -al.

Synonyms

hundred-year-old centenary

Related words

frequency

Derived words

demisesquicentennial intercentennial centennially multicentennial semicentennial quasquicentennial sesquicentennial bicentennial tricentennial quadricentennial quincentennial sexcentennial septicentennial octocentennial
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