Century

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin cent, "one hundred"

Noun

century (centuries)

1. A period of 100 years. Often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g. the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 to 2000, or (informally) 1900 to 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
2. A unit of the ancient Roman army with 60 to 80 soldiers, commanded by a centurion.
3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly
4. (cricket) 100 runs batted in by one player.
5. (cycling, US) A ride 100 miles in length.

Translations

100 years

Czech: století n Lithuanian: šimtmetis m, amžius m Polish: stulecie n, wiek m

Russian: столетие n, век m Slovak: storočie n Swedish: sekel n, århundrade n

Roman army unit

Lithuanian: centurija f, similar army unit in other armies - šimtinė f Polish: centuria f

Slovak: stotina f

political division of Rome

Polish: centuria f

Lithuanian: centurija f

cricket

cycling

Translations

• Breton: kantved m -où
• Catalan: segle m
• Dutch: eeuw f
• Finnish: vuosisata (1)
• French: siècle m
• Frisian: ieu
• German: Jahrhundert n
• Hebrew: מאה (Me'a)
• Indonesian: abad (1)
• Interlingua: seculo
• Italian: secolo m
• Japanese: 世紀 (せいき, seiki) (1)
• Korean: 세기 [世紀] (segi)
• Malay: abad, kurun (1)
• Spanish: siglo
• Romanian: secol n, veac n