century

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
A score of one hundred points.
A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
(informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Jahrhundert

Zenturie

Säkulum

hundert Jahre

Zentennium

historical record

100

hundred years

100 years

geological period

one C

Frequenz

Mit Bindestrich als

cen‧tu‧ry

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

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