turn of the century

turn of the century

English

Noun

turn of the century (plural turns of the centuries or turns of centuries)

1. The beginning or end of a certain century.

   By the turn of the century he was starting to become well known in literary circles.

Translations

beginning or end of a certain century

Dutch: eeuwwisseling (nl) f Finnish: vuosisadanvaihde German: Jahrhundertwende (de) f Hungarian: századforduló (hu)

Norwegian: Bokmål: århundreskifte (no) n Nynorsk: hundreårsskifte n Swedish: sekelskifte (sv) n

See also

• turn of the year
• fin de siècle