century

Significado (Inglés)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
5. A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
6. A score of one hundred points.
7. A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
8. (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Conceptos

siglo

centuria

edad

época

era

momento

período

secular

centenar

epoca

era geológica

cien

100

100

ciento

100

Sinónimos

centennial

era

age

centenary

period

hundred

epoch

time

⌚

C

C

chronicles

historical record

100

hundred years

100 years

geological period

aeon

one C

annals

arrange

date

📅

institutions

secular

term

Traducciones

Jahrhundert

siècle

eeuw

asır

yüzyıl

Zenturie

centurie

sedsal

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: centurie

In summary

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.

Oraciones

During the nineteenth century , Australian architects were inspired by developments in England .

Durante el siglo XIX, los arquitectos australianos se inspiraron en los desarrollos en Inglaterra.

The Muppets gave puppetry a whole new look and life in the mid-twentieth century .

Los Muppets le dieron a los títeres un aspecto y una vida completamente nuevos a mediados del siglo XX.