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ciento

Pronunciation: /ˈθjento/

“ciento” is a Spanish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

numeral

  1. one hundred (100) (only in compounds followed by lower numerals)

noun

  1. hundred (100 units of something)
  2. hundreds (an indefinite number consisting of several hundred)

In Spanish

  1. Que vale diez veces diez.
  2. Centésimo.
  3. Signo o conjunto de signos con que se representa el número ciento.
  4. Centena.
  5. Tanto por ciento.
  6. Juego de naipes que se juega entre dos y gana el primero que llega a hacer cien puntos.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kəntom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

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