Cent

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 1.4 See also 2 Brithenig 2.1 Cardinal number 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.2.1 Homophones 4.3 Cardinal numeral 4.4 Noun 4.4.1 Derived terms 4.4.2 Related terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cent, "hundred", from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

AHD	sĕnt
IPA	/sɛnt/
SAMPA	/sEnt/

Homophones

• scent, sent

Noun

cent (plural: cents)

1. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries, including the United States.
2. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
3. A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

Synonyms

• (of a dollar): dollarcent
• (of a euro): eurocent
• (coin): (Canada, US) penny

Translations

subunit of currency in US and elsewhere

Arabic: سنْت (snt) Chinese: 分 (fēn) Dutch: cent Finnish: sentti French: cent m German: Cent m

Greek, Modern: σεντ Hebrew: סֶנְט or מֵאִית f Japanese: セント (sento) Korean: 센트 (senteu) Lithuanian: centas m Spanish: centavo m, céntimo m Swedish: cent

one-hundredth of a euro

Finnish: sentti French: centime m

Greek, Modern: λεπτό n

coin

Finnish: sentti French: (of dollar) (pièce d'un) cent m; (of euro) (pièce d'un) centime m

Related terms

• centennial
• centi-
• centipede
• centurion
• century

See also

• dollar
• euro
• per cent

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Brithenig

Cardinal number

cent

1. (one or a) hundred

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Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA	/sɛnt/
SAMPA	/sEnt/

Noun

cent m (plural: centen, diminutive: centje)

1. cent (one-hundredth of a euro)

Derived terms

• eurocent
• dollarcent
• centiem

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French

Etymology

Old French cent, "hundred", from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)ḱm̥tóm. Formal cognates include Sanskrit शतं, (śataṃ) शतम् (śatam), Old Church Slavonic съто (sŭto), and Old English hund.

Pronunciation

IPA	/sã(t)/
SAMPA	/sA_O~(t)/

Homophones

• sang, sans, sens (from sentir)

Cardinal numeral

cent m (plural cents)

1. (one or a) hundred

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

1. cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)

Derived terms

• centaine
• centenaire
• centésimal
• centième
• centigrade
• centime

Related terms

• centi-