"centaine" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /sɑ̃.tɛn/ Audio: Fr-centaine.ogg Forms: centaines [plural]
Etymology: From cent + -aine. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|cent|-aine}} cent + -aine Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} centaine f (plural centaines)
  1. a hundred or so, about a hundred Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-centaine-fr-noun-pQUZF4a7 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French numbers Disambiguation of French numbers: 50 50
  2. (in the plural) hundreds (in arithmetic) Tags: feminine, in-plural
    Sense id: en-centaine-fr-noun-6SaPSKoo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French numbers, French terms suffixed with -aine, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hundred Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of French numbers: 50 50 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -aine: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Hundred: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cinquantaine, dizaine, douzaine, huitaine, quarantaine, quinzaine, soixantaine, trentaine, vingtaine

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "dizaine"
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    },
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