hundred

Significado

Num

1. A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.
2. The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

Noun

1. A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
2. An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
3. Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
4. A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.

Con guión como

hun‧dred

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhʌndɹəd/

Etimología

From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.

Oraciones

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

¡Eso es casi cien dólares por semana!

As long as there is water in a cooking pot , the temperature cannot rise above a hundred degrees Celsius .

Mientras haya agua en una olla, la temperatura no puede elevarse por encima de cien grados Celsius.