"cent" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /sɛnt/, /sɛn/ Forms: cents [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English cent, itself from Old French. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|cent}} Borrowed from English cent Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cent m (plural cents)
  1. (money) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro) Tags: masculine Synonyms: centime Synonyms (dollar): cenne [Canada, colloquial], sou [North-America, slang] Related terms: franc, dollar
    Sense id: en-cent-fr-noun-TtyrFR3J Categories (other): Money, French entries with incorrect language header, French heteronyms Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of French heteronyms: 57 43 Topics: business, finance, money
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /sɑ̃/, /sɑ̃t‿/ Audio: Fr-cent.ogg Forms: cents [plural], cens [obsolete, plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kəntom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Etymology templates: {{number box|fr}}, {{ety|fr|:inh|frm:cent<ety:inh<la:centum>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kəntom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "centum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "cent", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "cent", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="cent">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|cent|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French cent, {{inh+|fr|frm|cent}} Inherited from Middle French cent, {{inh|fr|fro|cent}} Old French cent, {{inh|fr|la|centum}} Latin centum, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*kəntom}} Proto-Italic *kəntom, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*ḱm̥tóm}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm
  1. hundred Tags: masculine Related terms: centi- Coordinate_terms: deux-cents (english: two hundred), trois-cents (english: three hundred), quatre-cents (english: four hundred), cinq-cents (english: five hundred), six-cents (english: six hundred), sept-cents (english: seven hundred), huit-cents (english: eight hundred), neuf-cents (english: nine hundred)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "quatorze cents"
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      "ipa": "/sɑ̃/"
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      "ipa": "/sɑ̃t‿/"
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      "sense": "dollar",
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}

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