cen

• cento (combining form only)

From Old Portuguese cen, from cento, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

cen (indeclinable)

1. one hundred; 100

The indeclinable form cen means "one hundred" only. To say "one hundred one", the combining form cento is used, as cento un or cento unha. Likewise, "one hundred thirty" is cento trinta, and "one hundred fifty-four" is cento cincuenta e catro.

cen

1. Nonstandard spelling of cēn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cén.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Proto-Germanic *kiznaz, *kizną (“pinewood; spruce”). Cognate with Old High German kien (German Kien (“pine”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeːn/, /ˈt͡ʃeːn/

ċēn m

1. (poetic) torch
2. the runic character ᚳ (/k/ or /tʃ/)

From Proto-Celtic *kina (“besides”).

• IPA^(key): /kʲen/

cen

1. except
2. without

• cen ḟis do (“unbeknownst to, unknown to”)

• Irish: gan
• Manx: gyn
• Scottish Gaelic: gun

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛn/

cen f

1. genitive plural of cena

Borrowed from English change.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃen/

cen (plural cens)

1. change, transition, turn

• yelacen (“turn of the year”)

From Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”) (compare Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”).

• IPA^(key): /kɛn/

cen m (plural cennau)

1. lichen
2. scurf, slough, dandruff
3. scale on a plant or in a furnace
4. (chemistry) fur