cen

See also: Cen, -cen, cen-, cén, and cēn

Galician

Galician cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : cen
    Ordinal : centésimo

Alternative forms

  • cento (combining form only)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cen, from cento, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Numeral

cen (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) one hundred; 100

Usage notes

The indeclinable form cen means "one hundred" only. To say "one hundred one", the combining form cento is used, as cento un or cento unha. Likewise, "one hundred thirty" is cento trinta, and "one hundred fifty-four" is cento cincuenta e catro.

Mandarin

Romanization

cen

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cén.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kiznaz, *kizną (“pinewood; spruce”). Cognate with Old High German kien (German Kien (“pine”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeːn/, /ˈt͡ʃeːn/

Noun

ċēn m

  1. (poetic) torch
  2. the runic character ᚳ (/k/ or /tʃ/)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kina (“besides”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲen/

Preposition

cen

  1. except
  2. without

Derived terms

  • cen ḟis do (“unbeknownst to, unknown to”)

Descendants

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English change.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃen/

Noun

cen (plural cens)

  1. change, transition, turn

Declension

Derived terms

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