cent at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
[sent]
cent at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:
c.1400, from L. centum "hundred," M.E. meaning was "one hundred," but shifted to "hundredth part" under infl. of percent. Chosen in this sense in 1786 as name for U.S. currency unit by Continental Congress. The name was first suggested by Robert Morris in 1782 under a different currency plan. Before the cent, colonial dollars were reckoned in ninetieths, based on the exchange rate of Pennsylvania money and Spanish coin. ///
cent at Esperanto => English Of Explained:
temnein "to cu
Cent at German => English Of Explained:
c, ct -> cent
cent at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
n [C] [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: 'hundred', from Latin centum]//
1 1/100th of the standard unit of money in some countries. For example, there are 100 cents in one dollar or in one euro: symbol [hA123]:
2 put in your two cents' worth: AmE to give your opinion about something, when other people do not want to hear it// not one red cent at red1 (7)//
cent at Dutch => English Of Explained:
estr
cent at French => English Of Explained:
hundred, one hundred
cent at Hungarian => English Of Explained:
cent
cent at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
140 Moby Thesaurus words for "cent":
C, C-note, Deutschmark, G, G-note, Mark, Reichsmark, a continental,
a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, afghani, anna, bagatelle, baht,
bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, brass farthing, buck, button,
cartwheel, centavo, centime, century, conto, copper, curio, dime,
dollar, dollar bill, dong, farce, farthing, feather, fifty cents,
fig, fin, fish, five cents, five hundred dollars, five-dollar bill,
five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, fleabite, florin,
folderol, four bits, franc, fribble, frippery, frogskin, gaud,
gewgaw, gimcrack, grand, guilder, gulden, hair, half G, half a C,
half dollar, half grand, halfpenny, hill of beans,
hundred-dollar bill, iron man, jest, joke, kickshaw, kip,
knickknack, knickknackery, kopeck, krona, krone, lira, mill,
milreis, minikin, mockery, molehill, nickel, penny, peppercorn,
peseta, picayune, pie, piece of eight, pin, pinch of snuff,
pinprick, pistareen, pound, quarter, rand, rap, red cent, rial,
row of pins, ruble, rupee, rush, sawbuck, shekel, shilling, shit,
silver dollar, skin, smacker, snap, sneeshing, sol, sou, stiver,
straw, ten cents, ten-spot, tenner, thousand dollars,
thousand-dollar bill, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence,
twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents, two bits, two cents,
two-dollar bill, two-spot, twopence, whim-wham, won, yard, yen
cent at Croatian => English Of Explained:
cent
cent at French => English Of Explained:
apostatesAbtrünnige [aptrɵnig
cent at Hungarian => English Of Explained:
cent
cent at Dutch => English Of Explained:
cent [sɛnt]
cent
cent at Polish => English Of Explained:
natt
cent at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
noun
(abbreviation c, ct) a coin and unit of money worth 1% of the main unit of money in many countries, for example of the US dollar
see also PER CENT, RED CENT
CENT at English => English (Bouviers Law) Of Explained:
one of the two bands that people wear around their ankles when they are riding a bicycle to stop their trousers/pants getting caught in the chain(also informal bike lane) noun
(both AmE) = CYCLE LANEnoun
(old-fashioned in British English, formal in American English) a person who r
Cent at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Cent \Cent\, n. [F. cent hundred, L. centum. See {Hundred}.]
1. A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts
in a hundred.
2. A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar,
formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.
3. An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so
called because 100 points won the game. --Nares.
cent at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
cent
n 1: a fractional monetary unit of several countries
2: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
[syn: {penny}, {centime}]
cent at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » Cent|cent-
English
Inter: wikipedi » aEtymology
From Inter: etyl » fro Inter: term » cent|lang=fro, from Inter: etyl » la Inter: term » centum||lang=la, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|en Inter: recons » ḱm̥tóm|lang=ine-pro.Pronunciation
* Inter: rhymes » ɛntNoun
Inter: wikipedia » Cent (currency)Inter: en-noun » cents|pl2=cent
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
* Inter: sense » of a dollar dollarcentTranslations
Inter: trans-top » subunit of currency in US and elsewhere
- Arabic: Inter: Arab » سنْت (sant, sint) {{m}}
- Bulgarian: Inter: t- » bg|цент|m
- Catalan: Inter: t- » ca|centau|m (for American continent coints), Inter: t+ » ca|cèntim|m (for the rest)
- Chinese: 分 (fēn)
- Czech: Inter: t+ » cs|cent
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|cent|m
- Esperanto: Inter: t- » eo|cendo
- Fijian: Inter: t+ » fj|sede
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|sentti
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|cent|m, Inter: t+ » fr|centime|m
- German: Inter: t+ » de|Cent|m
- Greek: Inter: t- » el|σεντ|n|tr=sent
- Hebrew: סֶנְט (sent') {{m}}
- Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|penny
- Italian: Inter: t- » it|centesimo|m
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » one-hundredth of a euro
- Bulgarian: Inter: t- » bg|цент|m
- Catalan: Inter: t+ » ca|cèntim|m
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|sentti
- French: centime {{m}}
- German: Inter: t+ » de|Cent|m
- Greek: Inter: t+ » el|λεπτό|n|tr=leptó
- Icelandic: Inter: t+ » is|sent|n
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » coin
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|sentti
- French: Inter: qualifier » of dollar (pièce d'un) cent {{m}}; Inter: qualifier » of euro (pièce d'un) centime {{m}}
- German: Inter: t+ » de|Cent|m
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: checktrans-to » p
- Inter: ttbc » mi: hēneti
Inter: trans-botto » m
Related terms
* centennialSee also
* dollarInter: abbreviatio » n
centCategory: Category:English terms with homophones -
Category: Category:en:Hundred -
Anglo-Norman
Alternative forms
* Inter: l » xno|chentEtymology
From Inter: etyl » la|xno Inter: term » centum|lang=la.Noun
Inter: xno-noun » m|cenz|cenzCategory: Category:xno:Cardinal numbers -
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Inter: etyl » la|ca Inter: term » centum||lang=la, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|ca Inter: recons » ḱm̥tóm|lang=ine-pro.Pronunciation
* Inter: a » Standard:* (before a vowel) Inter: IPA » /'sent/|lang=ca
:* (before a consonant or a pause) Inter: IPA » /'sen/|lang=ca
- Inter: a » Valencian Inter: IPA » /'sent/|lang=ca, Inter: X-SAMPA » /en/
- Inter: rhymes » ent|lang=ca
Cardinal numeral
Inter: cardinalbox » ca|99|100|101|noranta-nou||ord=centè|wplink=Cent
Inter: ca-num-car » d
Usage notes
Inter: ca-num-card-not » eDerived terms
* Inter: l » ca|cent per centInter: rel-top3 » exact multiples of 100
Inter: rel-mid » 3
- Inter: l » ca|cinc-cents (500)
- Inter: l » ca|sis-cents (600)
- Inter: l » ca|set-cents (700)
Inter: rel-mid » 3
Inter: rel-botto » m
Noun
Inter: ca-noun » m|cents|centa|centesUsage notes
In this sense, the gender of the noun matches that of there are hundreds of.Synonyms
* Inter: l » ca|centenarEtymology 2
From Inter: etyl » en|ca Inter: term » cent|lang=en. 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
Inter: ca-noun » mRelated terms
* Inter: term » cèntim||A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit.|lang=caDutch
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » fro|nl Inter: term » cent||lang=fro|hundred, from Inter: etyl » la|nl Inter: term » centum||lang=la, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|nl Inter: recons » ḱm̥tóm|lang=ine-pro.Pronunciation
* Inter: rhymes » ɛnt|lang=nl- Inter: audio » Nl-cent.ogg|audio
- Inter: IPA » /sɛnt/|lang=nl, Inter: X-SAMPA » /sEnt/
Noun
Inter: nl-noun » m|centen|centje
Derived terms
* centiemEsperanto
Inter: cardinalbox » eo|99|100|101|naŭdek naŭ|cent unu|ord=centaEtymology
Inter: etyl » la|eo Inter: term » centum|centum|lang=laNumber
centDerived terms
* ducentInter: Universala Vortar » o
Inter: eo BRO » 1
French
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » fro|fr Inter: term » cent|lang=fro, from Inter: etyl » la|fr Inter: term » centum|lang=la, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|fr Inter: recons » ḱm̥tóm|lang=ine-pro.Pronunciation
* Inter: audio » Fr-cent.ogg|audio- Inter: IPA » /sɑ̃(t)/|lang=fr, Inter: X-SAMPA » /sA_O~(t)/
- Inter: homophones » lang=fr|sang|sans|sens (from sentir)
Numeral
Inter: head » fr|numeral
Derived terms
* centaineRelated terms
* centi-Noun
Inter: fr-noun » mSynonyms
* Inter: sense » money sou Inter: qualifier » slangSee also
* francCategory: Category:fr:Cardinal numbers -
Ido
Cardinal numeral
Inter: head » io|numeralCategory: Category:io:Cardinal numbers -
Italian
Noun
Inter: head » it|noun|g=m Inter: in » vOld French
Alternative forms
* Inter: l » fro|çant- Inter: l » fro|ceint
- Inter: l » fro|chent
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|fro Inter: term » centum|lang=la.Noun
Inter: fro-noun » m|cens|cens
Descendants
* French: Inter: l » fr|centCategory: Category:Old French numerals -
Category: Category:fro:Cardinal numbers -
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Inter: etyl » la|pl Inter: term » centum|lang=la.Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » t͡s̪ɛn̪t̪|lang=pl- Inter: audio » Pl-cent.ogg|audio
Noun
Inter: head » pl|noun|g=m
Declension
Inter: pl-decl-noun »|cent|centy
|centa|centów
|centowi|centom
|centa|centy
|centem|centami
|cencie|centach
|cencie|centy
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » /tsênt/|lang=shNoun
Inter: sh-noun » g=m|head=cȅnt|r|цент|це̏нтDeclension
Inter: sh-decl-noun »|cȅnt|cȅnti
|centa|cȇntā
|centu|centima
|cȅnt|cente
|centu / cente|centi
|centu|centima
|centom|centima
Swedish
Noun
Inter: sv-noun » g=cDeclension
Inter: sv-noun-irreg-c » 2=centen|3=cent|4=centenReferences
* Hur ska vi hantera euro?, Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, February 8, 2007Category: ast:cent -
Translation: bs » cent
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Translation: kk » cent
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Translation: lo » cent
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Translation: mg » cent
Translation: ml » cent
Translation: my » cent
Translation: fj » cent
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Translation: ja » cent
Translation: no » cent
Translation: pl » cent
Translation: pt » cent
Translation: ru » cent
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Translation: fi » cent
Translation: sv » cent
Translation: ta » cent
Translation: tt » cent
Translation: te » cent
Translation: tr » cent
Translation: uk » cent
Translation: vi » cent
Translation: zh » cent
Cent at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » cent|cent-
Old English
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|ang Cantia, from Inter: etyl » cel-bry|ang Celtic *Cantus probably meaning ‘border, coastal region’.Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » /kent/|lang=angProper noun
Inter: ang-proper noun » g=fCategory: Category:ang:English counties -
Translation: de » Cent
Translation: et » Cent
Translation: io » Cent
Translation: id » Cent
Translation: is » Cent
Translation: hu » Cent
Translation: fj » Cent
Translation: fi » Cent
Translation: tl » Cent
Translation: zh » Cent