centennial

centennial

See also: Centennial

English

Etymology

From Latin centum hundred + annus year + -al; surface analysis cent- +‎ -ennial.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/

Adjective

centennial (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

   a centennial ode

2. Happening once in a hundred years.

   a centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.
   • Longfellow

     That opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.

Noun

centennial (plural centennials)

1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Derived terms

• centennially
• multicentennial
• semicentennial
• sesquicentennial

Translations

100th anniversary

Armenian: հարյուրամյակ (hy) (haryuramyak) Bulgarian: стогодишнина f (stogodišnina) Czech: sté výročí Danish: hundredårsdag Dutch: eeuwfeest (nl) Finnish: satavuotispäivä French: centenaire (fr) m Georgian: ასი წლისთავი (asi c̣listavi) German: Hundertjahrfeier f, hundertster Jahrestag m Greek: εκατονταετηρίδα (el) f (ekatontaetirída) Hungarian: centenárium (hu) Italian: centenario (it) m Latvian: simtgadu Lithuanian: šimtmetis (lt)

Norman: chent'naithe m Norwegian: hundreårsdag Polish: stulecie (pl) n Portuguese: centenário (pt) m Romanian: centenar (ro) Russian: столе́тие (ru) n (stolétije), столе́тняя годовщи́на f (stolétnjaja godovščína) Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: стогодишњица f, столеће n Roman: stogodišnjica (sh) f, stoleće n Spanish: centenario (es) m Swedish: hundraårsdag Turkish: yüzüncü yıldönümü