centenary

centenary

English

Etymology

Attested since about 1790, from Latin centenarius (“of one hundred”), from centeni (“one hundred each”) (from centum (“hundred”) + -arius.

Adjective

centenary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years.
2. Relating to a hundred of anything.

Translations

of, or pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years

Belarusian: стагадо́вы (stahadóvy) Bulgarian: стогодишен (stogodišen) Czech: stoletý (cs) Danish: hundredåret Dutch: honderdjarig (nl) Finnish: satavuotis- (fi) French: centenaire (fr) German: hundertjährig (de) Greek: εκατονταετής (el) m or f (ekatontaetís) Ido: centyara (io) Italian: centenario (it) Maltese: ċentinarju, seklu

Norman: chent'naithe Polish: stuletni (pl) Portuguese: centenário (pt) Russian: столе́тний (ru) (stolétnij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: стогодишњи Roman: stogodišnji (sh) Slovak: storočný Slovene: stoleten Spanish: centenario (es) Swedish: hundraårig (sv) Ukrainian: столітній (stolítnij)

Noun

centenary (plural centenaries)

1. A one-hundredth anniversary.

Translations

centennial — see centennial

Derived terms

• centenarian

See also

• centennial