centenar
English
Noun
centenar (plural centenars)
- (historical, military) During the Hundred Years' War, a commander of one hundred infantry.
Catalan
Noun
centenar m (plural centenars)
- Set of one hundred like objects.
- A quantity of approximately one hundred
- (historical, military) In the armies of Catalonia before the Nueva Planta decrees, a company of one hundred men.
Usage notes
- Centenar is used to express quantities expressed to a precision of the nearest hundred, or a set of one hundred. For the number one hundred exactly, cent is used.
Further reading
- “centenar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /θenteˈnaɾ/, [θẽn̪t̪eˈnaɾ]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /senteˈnaɾ/, [sẽn̪t̪eˈnaɾ]
Further reading
- “centenar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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