cent

before the words "anys", "homes", "hores"

Inherited from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.


cent

doents

dos-cents m (“two hundred”), dues-centes f (“two hundred”)


cent

(music) cent (a hundredth of a half step)

(money) cent (a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro)

cèntim

a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit

Borrowed from English cent. 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.


cent

(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder

(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro

nl-noun

cent f (plural centen, diminutive centje n)

centen (plural)
centje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sent

Berbice Creole Dutch: sent

→ Caribbean Javanese: sèn

→ Indonesian: sen

→ Papiamentu: sèn, cens

→ Sranan Tongo: sensi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: señs

→ Saramaccan: seén

Either a borrowing from English cent or a shortened borrowed from French centime.


cent

It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.

2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

Every cent aside from his own expenses for the barest kind of living went to his down-and-out buddies.

1990, Lou Sullivan, From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, →ISBN, page 10:

He blew every last cent.

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

(music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

(nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.

And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.

c. 1450, Octouian Imperator (Octavian), lines 1463-4

The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.

1733, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays, Epistle III to Allen, Lord Bathurst, 372

(obsolete, except in per cent and cent percent) Abbreviation of centum. One hundred.

cents (plural)
cent (plural)
cent. (alternative)

→ Cantonese: 仙 (sin¹)

→ Catalan: cent

→ French: cent

→ Georgian: ცენტი (cenṭi)

→ Hebrew: סנט (sent)

→ Italian: cent

→ Korean: 센트 (senteu)

→ Malay: sen

→ Min Nan: 仙 (sian)

→ Polish: cent

→ Samoan: sene
→ English: sene

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: це̏нт

Latin script: cȅnt

→ Swahili: senti

→ Swedish: cent

→ Tausug: sīn

Tok Pisin: sen
→ Rotokas: sieri

→ Yakan: sīn

From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.


cent

Ĉu vi, Pjotr Ivanoviĉ, ne havas cent rublojn?

1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto kvara:

Do you, Pjotr Ivanovich, not have one hundred rubles?


cent

857324, 162486, 346896, 437916, 423147, 248106, 235421, 261734, 368149. Octillion, Septillion, Sextillion, Quintillion, Quadrillion, Trillion, Billion, Million, Unité. On imagina de le partager par ſixains, (c’eſt-à-dire par tranches de ſix chiffres chacune) allant de droite à gauche, & chaque ſixain reçut le nom d’unité, de million, de billion, de trillion, &c. ſelon ſon rang. Le dernier chiffre à gauche de chaque ſixain exprime donc des cens mille, le cinquième des dix mille, le quatrième des milles, le troiſième des cens, le ſecond des dixaines, & le premier des unités; ainſi, le dernier ſixain étant des octillions, on a 857324 octillions, c’eſt-à-dire, huit cens cinquante-ſept mille trois cens vingt-quatre octillions: on pourſuivra aiſément d’énoncer le reſte de ce grand nombre, en diſant: cent ſoixante-deux mille quatre cens quatre-vingt-ſix ſeptillions, trois cens quarante-ſix mille huit-cens quatre-vingt-ſeize ſextillions, quatre cens trente-ſept mille neuf cens ſeize quintillions, quatre cens vingt-trois mille cent quarante-ſept quadrillions, deux cens quarante-huit mille cent ſix trillions, deux cens trente-cinq mille quatre cens vingt-un billions, deux cens ſoixante-un mille ſept cens trente-quatre millions, trois cens ſoixante-huit mille cent quarante-nuef unités.

1775, N. J. Saladin, Leçons de mathématiques, publiées par ordres de MM. les magistrats de la Ville de Lille : A l’usage des Élèves de leur École publique des Sciences & des Arts, Lille: […] J. B. Henry, […], page 70:

→ Garifuna: san

Haitian Creole: san

Louisiana Creole: sen

Inherited from Middle French cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.


cent

(money) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)

Haitian Creole: san

→ Arabic: سنت (sant)

→ Garifuna: san

Borrowed from English cent, itself from Old French.


cent

From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.


cent

centek (plural)
cent (nominative singular)
centek (nominative plural)
centet (accusative singular)
centeket (accusative plural)
centnek (dative singular)
centeknek (dative plural)
centtel (instrumental singular)
centekkel (instrumental plural)
centért (causal-final singular)
centekért (causal-final plural)
centté (singular translative)
centekké (plural translative)
centig (singular terminative)
centekig (plural terminative)
centként (essive-formal singular)
centekként (essive-formal plural)
centben (inessive singular)
centekben (inessive plural)
centen (singular superessive)
centeken (plural superessive)
centnél (adessive singular)
centeknél (adessive plural)
centbe (illative singular)
centekbe (illative plural)
centre (singular sublative)
centekre (plural sublative)
centhez (allative singular)
centekhez (allative plural)
centből (elative singular)
centekből (elative plural)
centről (delative singular)
centekről (delative plural)
centtől (ablative singular)
centektől (ablative plural)
centé (singular)
centeké (plural)
centéi (singular)
centekéi (plural)
centem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
centjeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
cented (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
centjeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
centje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
centjei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
centünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
centjeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
centetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
centjeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
centjük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
centjeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


cent

Borrowed from English cent, French cent, German Cent, Italian cent, Russian цент (cent), Spanish centavo.


cent

fro-noun

cent oblique singular, m (oblique plural cenz or centz, nominative singular cenz or centz, nominative plural cent)

cent oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cenz (oblique plural)
centz (oblique plural)
cenz (nominative singular)
centz (nominative singular)
cent (nominative plural)
çant (alternative)
ceint (alternative)
chent (alternative)

Middle French: cent

French: cent (see there for further descendants)

Walloon: cint

→ Dutch: cent (see there for further descendants)

→ English: cent (see there for further descendants)


cent

cent (subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries; symbol: ¢)

pl-noun

cent m animal (diminutive cencik, related adjective centowy)

cencik (diminutive)
centowy (adjective)
cent (nominative singular)
centy (nominative plural)
centa (genitive singular)
centów (genitive plural)
centowi (dative singular)
centom (dative plural)
centa (accusative singular)
centy (accusative plural)
centem (instrumental singular)
centami (instrumental plural)
cencie (locative singular)
centach (locative plural)
cencie (singular vocative)
centy (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English cent, French cent, German Cent, ultimately from Latin centum. Doublet of sto.


cent

cent (hundredth of a dollar, euro, etc.)

cȅnt (canonical masculine)
це̏нт (Cyrillic)
cȅnt (nominative singular)
cȅnti (nominative plural)
centa (genitive singular)
cȇntā (genitive plural)
centu (dative singular)
centima (dative plural)
cȅnt (accusative singular)
cente (accusative plural)
centu (singular vocative)
cente (singular vocative)
centi (plural vocative)
centu (locative singular)
centima (locative plural)
centom (instrumental singular)
centima (instrumental plural)


cent

cent (indefinite nominative singular)
cents (genitive indefinite singular)
centen (definite nominative singular)
centens (definite genitive singular)
cent (indefinite nominative plural)
cents (genitive indefinite plural)
centen (definite nominative plural)
centens (definite genitive plural)