cien
See also: cień, cíen, ĉien, and Cień
English
Noun
cien
- Obsolete spelling of scion
Anagrams
- Ince, NICE, Nice, Niec, cine, cine-, icen, nice
Asturian
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Cardinal : cien Ordinal : centésimu | ||
Alternative forms
- cientu (combining form only)
Etymology
From cientu, from Old Leonese, from Latin centum.
Numeral
cien (indeclinable)
- one hundred; 100
- cien llobos — one hundred wolves
- cien vaques — one hundred cows
Usage notes
The indeclinable form cien means "one hundred" only. To say "one hundred one", the combining form cientu is used, as cientu un. Likewise, "one hundred thirty" is cientu trenta, and "one hundred fifty-four" is cientu cincuenta y cuatro.
Derived terms
- centenu
Mirandese
Etymology
From Old Leonese, from Latin centum.
Numeral
cien
- one-hundred
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡si̯en]
Noun
cien
- genitive plural of cena
Spanish
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Cardinal: cien, (before lower numerals) ciento Ordinal: centésimo Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º Multiplier: céntuplo Fractional: centésimo, centavo, céntimo | ||||
Spanish Wikipedia article on 100 |
Etymology
From ciento, from Latin centum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθjen/ [ˈθjẽn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjen/ [ˈsjẽn]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: cien
- Homophone: (Latin America) sien
Number
cien
- one hundred (100)
Usage notes
- cien is used when standing alone as a numeral:
- de uno hasta elcien ― from one to one hundred
- hay doscienes en el papel ― there are two hundreds (occurrences of the number "one hundred") on the paper
- cien is used when followed by a noun:
- cien personas ― one hundred people
- cien is used when followed by a higher numeral:
- cien mil ― one hundred thousand
- cien miliones ― one hundred million
- ciento is used when followed by a lower numeral:
- ciento dos personas ― one hundred and two people
- ciento is used as a noun referring to 100 units of something:
- doscientos de manzanas ― two hundred apples (literally, “two hundred units of apples”)
- In the indefinite sense, ciento is used:
- cientos de pesos ― hundreds of pesos
- To indicate percentages, ciento is usually used, with regional exceptions, especially for 100%:
- cincuenta porciento ― fifty percent
- cien porciento ― one hundred percent
Derived terms
- al cien
- de todo a cien
- cien por ciento, cien por cien
- todo a cien
- doscientos m (“two hundred”), doscientas f
- trescientos m (“three hundred”), trescientas f
- cuatrocientos m (“four hundred”), cuatrocientas f
- quinientos m (“five hundred”), quinientas f
- seiscientos (“six hundred”), seiscientas f
- setecientos m (“seven hundred”), setecientas f
- ochocientos (“eight hundred”), ochocientas f
- novecientos m (“nine hundred”), novecientas f
Related terms
- ciento
- cientos
- por cien
Descendants
- → Cebuano: siyen
- → Taos: si̋en, si̋eną
Further reading
- “cien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Zhuang
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 千 (MC t͡sʰen).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɕiːn˨˦/
- Tone numbers: cien1
- Hyphenation: cien
Numeral
cien (1957–1982 spelling cien)
- thousand