centennial

See also: Centennial

English

Etymology

From Latin centum hundred + annus year + -al; equivalent to cent- +‎ -ennial.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/

Adjective

centennial (not comparable)

Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
a centennial ode
Happening once in a hundred years.
a centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration
Lasting or aged a hundred years.
- Longfellow
  That opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.

Noun

centennial (plural centennials)

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Derived terms

Translations

100th anniversary

Armenian: հարյուրամյակ (hy) (haryuramyak)
Bulgarian: стогодишнина f (stogodišnina)
Czech: sté výročí
Danish: hundredårsdag
Dutch: eeuwfeest (nl)
Finnish: satavuotisjuhla
French: centenaire (fr) m
Georgian: ასი წლისთავი (asi c̣listavi)
German: Hundertjahrfeier f, hundertster Jahrestag m
Greek: εκατονταετηρίδα (el) f (ekatontaetirída)
Hungarian: centenárium (hu)
Italian: centenario (it) m
Latvian: simtgadu
Lithuanian: šimtmetis (lt)

Norman: chent'naithe m
Norwegian: hundreårsdag
Polish: stulecie (pl) n
Portuguese: centenário (pt) m
Romanian: centenar (ro)
Russian: столе́тие (ru) n (stolétije), столе́тняя годовщи́на f (stolétnjaja godovščína)
Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стогодишњица f, столеће n

Roman: stogodišnjica (sh) f, stoleće n
Spanish: centenario (es) m
Swedish: hundraårsdag
Turkish: yüzüncü yıldönümü

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