hundred

Meaning

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. (historical) An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
3. (broadly, historical) 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.

Synonyms

one hundred

100

century

h

cent

hundreds

C

fivescore

100

per hundred

accompanied

one C

a hundred

bundle

c

Translations

cent

100

cien

100

cento

100

hundert

100

honderd

100

ciento

100

cem

εκατό

centum

cent

100

yüz

100

einhundert

100

sed

100

cento

100

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌndɹəd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hundred

Inherited from Old English: hundred

Cognate with Western Frisian: hûndert

Cognate with Dutch: honderd

Cognate with Low German: hunnert

Cognate with German: Hundert

Cognate with Danish: hundred

In summary

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.

Sentences

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

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

The village is listed in the Doomsday Book as 'Weledene', in the Colby Hundred .