cent

See also: Cent, Cent., and cent-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • enPR: sĕnt, IPA(key): /sɛnt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophones: scent, sent

Noun

cent (plural cents or cent)

  1. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
    • 2015 November 22, John Oliver, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, HBO:
      It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.
  2. (informal) A small sum of money.
    He blew every last cent.
  3. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
  4. (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
  5. (music) A hundredth of a half step.

Usage notes

  • Due to the differing plural formats used in European languages, it is common to use the word cent as a plural throughout the Eurozone.

Synonyms

  • (of a dollar): dollarcent
  • (of a euro): eurocent
  • (coin (Canada, US)): penny

Descendants

Translations

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See also

Abbreviation

cent

  1. century

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

  • (standard)
  • (before a vowel) IPA(key): /ˈsent/
  • (before a consonant or a pause) IPA(key): /ˈsen/

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : cent
    Ordinal : centè
Catalan Wikipedia article on cent

cent m, f

  1. (cardinal) hundred
Usage notes
  • Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una (“1”), dos/dues (“2”), cents/centes (“100s”) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.
Derived terms

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

  1. hundred

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cent. These senses of the word cent in Catalan derive from the inversion of meaning that took place in English where it was used to indicate one hundredth.

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

  1. (music) cent (a hundredth of a half step)
  2. (money) cent (A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.)
  • cèntim (“A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit.”)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cent (“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /sɛnt/

Noun

cent m (plural centen, diminutive centje n)

  1. (money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder.
  2. (money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

Derived terms

Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : cent
    Ordinal : centa
    Adverbial : cente
    Multiplier : centobla
    Fractional : centona

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /t͡sent/

Number

cent

  1. (cardinal) hundred
    • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto kvara:
      Ĉu vi, Pjotr Ivanoviĉ, ne havas cent rublojn?
      Do you, Pjotr Ivanovich, not have one hundred rubles?

Derived terms

French

French cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : cent
    Ordinal : centième

Etymology 1

From Middle French cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

Number

Numeral

cent

  1. (cardinal) hundred

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Garifuna: san
  • Haitian Creole: san

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cent, itself from Old French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛnt, sɛn/
  • Homophone: cents

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

  1. (money) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)

Synonyms

  • (euro): centime
  • (dollar): cenne (colloquial, Canada), sou (slang, North America)

See also

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Numeral

cent

  1. (cardinal) hundred

Ido

Etymology 1

Back-formation from cento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛnt/

Numeral

cent

  1. hundred (100)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cent, French cent, German Cent, Italian cent, Russian цент (cent), Spanish centavo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sent/, /t͡sent/

Noun

cent (plural cents or cent-i)

  1. (numismatics) cent

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cent.

Noun

cent m (invariable)

  1. cent (US coin)
  2. euro cent (European coin)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Noun

cent m (oblique plural cenz or centz, nominative singular cenz or centz, nominative plural cent)

  1. one hundred

Descendants

  • → Dutch: cent
  • → English: cent (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle French: cent
    • French: cent
      • → Garifuna: san
      • Haitian Creole: san
  • Walloon: cint

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centum or English cent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛnt/
  • audio(file)

Noun

cent m anim

  1. cent

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsênt/

Noun

cȅnt m (Cyrillic spelling це̏нт)

  1. cent (hundredth of a dollar, euro, etc.)
  2. (music) cent (hundredth of a semitone)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cent.

Noun

cent c

  1. cent; a subunit of currency

Declension

Declension of cent 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative cent centen cent centen
Genitive cents centens cents centens

References

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