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centenarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌsɛntəˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin centēnārius + -an, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”).

Meanings

1. Aged 100 years or more; extremely old.
2. Of or relating to centenarians or a centenary celebration.

Forms

Synonyms

hundred-year-old (aged 100 years) · centenary (aged 100 years)

Translations (12)

fi satavuotis- (of or relating to centenarians) · hu százas éveiben járó (100 years old or more) · fi satavuotinen (of or relating to centenarians) · es centenario (of or relating to centenarians) · es centenario (100 years old or more) · hu századik születésnapját betöltött (100 years old or more) · ru столе́тний (100 years old or more) · hu százvalahány éves (100 years old or more) · fi satavuotias (100 years old or more) · pl stulatek (100 years old or more) · pl stulatka (100 years old or more) · de hundertjährig (100 years old or more)

centenarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌsɛntəˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin centēnārius + -an, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”).

Meanings

1. One who or that which is at least 100 years old.
   • With an estimated worldwide population of some 40,000 centenarians, only 22 percent are male. 1994, Peter Matthews, Norris McWhirter (editors), The Guiness Book of World Records 1994, page 158:
   • The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days. 1894 October 19, “Sex and Long Life”, in Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of the Press Throughout the World on All Important Current Topics, volume LXVI, number 1,726, London:
   • He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932. 2003, Kit Anderson, Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees: Live Oaks and Ceibas in the Landscapes of Louisiana and Guatemala, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 136:
   • Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper. 2014 September 18, Gregg Easterbrook, “What Happens When We All Live to 100?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:

Forms

Coordinates

ninetysomething (90–99) · quinquagenarian (50–59) · eightysomething (80–89) · twentysomething (20–29) · fortysomething (40–49) · seventysomething (70–79) · supercentenarian (110+) · teenager (13–19) · semicentenarian (50–59) · sexagenarian (60–69) · nonagenarian (90–99) · septuagenarian (70–79) · vicenarian (20–29) · tricenarian (30–39) · sixtysomething (60–69) · quadragenarian (40–49) · semisupercentenarian (105–109) · teen · fiftysomething (50–59) · octogenarian (80–89) · thirtysomething (30–39)

Deriveds

quadricentenarian (400–499) · semicentenarian · supracentenarian (110+) · bicentenarian (200–299) · semisupercentenarian (105–109) · centenarianism · sesquicentenarian (150–159) · quincentenarian (500–599) · ultracentenarian (100+) · tricentenarian (300–399) · multicentenarian (200+) · supercentenarian (110+)

Synonyms

supercentenarian · centenary · hundred-year-old

Translations (25)

tl sasandaanin (a 100-year-old person) · de Hundertjährige (a 100-year-old person) · fr centenaire (a 100-year-old person) · pl stulatek (a 100-year-old person) · nn hundreåring (a 100-year-old person) · el εκατονταετής (a 100-year-old person) · cmn 人瑞 (a 100-year-old person) · ru столе́тний (a 100-year-old person) · hi शतकवीर (a 100-year-old person) · ja センテナリアン (a 100-year-old person) · de Hundertjähriger (a 100-year-old person) · pl stulatka (a 100-year-old person) · te శతాయుష్మంతుడు (a 100-year-old person) · ja 百寿 (a 100-year-old person) · hu százéves (a 100-year-old person) · es centenario (a 100-year-old person) · fi satavuotias (a 100-year-old person) · cs stoletý (a 100-year-old person) · ko 백세인 (a 100-year-old person) · ru столе́тний челове́к (a 100-year-old person) · nb hundreåring (a 100-year-old person) · ru долгожи́тель (a 100-year-old person) · cs stoletá (a 100-year-old person) · ru долгожи́тельница (a 100-year-old person) · nl honderdjarige (a 100-year-old person)