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centennial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years, century”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
   • a centennial ode
2. (not-comparable) Happening once in a hundred years.
   • a centennial jubilee    a centennial celebration
3. (not-comparable) Lasting or aged a hundred years.
   • In her grand villa, half-way up the hill, / O'erlooking Florence, but retired and still; / With iron gates, that opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines, […] 1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Student’s Tale. The Falcon of Ser Federigo.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 34:

Deriveds

demisesquicentennial · intercentennial

Synonyms

centenary · hundred-year-old

centennial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years, century”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).

Meanings

1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Forms

Coordinates

tricentennial · semiquincentennial · sestercentennial · quincentennial · millennial · bicentennial

Deriveds

multicentennial · octocentennial · bicentennial · sexcentennial · septicentennial · quasquicentennial · centennially · quincentennial · sesquicentennial · tricentennial · semicentennial · quadricentennial

Hypernyms

anniversary

Relateds

frequency

Synonyms

centenary

Translations (34)

ru столе́тие (100th anniversary) · lt šimtmetis (100th anniversary) · gd cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna (100th anniversary) · sh столеће (100th anniversary) · it centenario (100th anniversary) · sv hundraårsdag (100th anniversary) · ka ასი წლისთავი (100th anniversary) · hy հարյուրամյակ (100th anniversary) · sh stogodišnjica (100th anniversary) · hu centenárium (100th anniversary) · el εκατονταετηρίδα (100th anniversary) · es centenario (100th anniversary) · sh стогодишњица (100th anniversary) · bg стогодишнина (100th anniversary) · pl stulecie (100th anniversary) · pt centenário (100th anniversary) · ru столе́тняя годовщи́на (100th anniversary) · mk стогоди́шнина (100th anniversary) · ca centenari (100th anniversary) · de Hundertjahrfeier (100th anniversary) · ja センテニアル (100th anniversary) · ro centenar (100th anniversary) · nl eeuwfeest (100th anniversary) · cs sté výročí (100th anniversary) · fr centenaire (100th anniversary) · lv simtgadu (100th anniversary) · sk storočnica (100th anniversary) · sh stoleće (100th anniversary) · no hundreårsdag (100th anniversary) · de hundertster Jahrestag (100th anniversary) · da hundredårsdag (100th anniversary) · tr yüzüncü yıldönümü (100th anniversary) · nrf chent'naithe (100th anniversary) · fi satavuotispäivä (100th anniversary)