English Explanatory Dictionary

hundredth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
noun
  1. The person or thing in the hundredth position.
  2. One of a hundred equal parts of a whole.

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/ /ˈhʌndɹə(t)θ/ hŭn′drədth hŭn′drətth LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-hundredth.wav

Word forms

hundredth hundredths

Etymology

From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th (ordinal suffix). The Old English term was hundtēontigoþa.

Synonyms

100th 100ᵗʰ

Related words

one-hundredth

Derived words

hundredthly hundredth monkey three-hundredth
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