Standard Lemma guide

centennial

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S EH0 N T EH1 N IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a centennial ode

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Happening once in a hundred years.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a centennial jubilee a centennial celebration

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Lasting or aged a hundred years.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A city in Colorado.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A census-designated place in Wyoming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: centenary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anniversary

7

adjective

Meaning 7

of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • centennial celebration

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: centenary

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: centenary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anniversary, day of remembrance

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years, century”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հարյուրամյակ (haryuramyak) — 100th anniversary
  • Bulgarian: стогодишнина (stogodišnina) — 100th anniversary
  • Catalan: centenari — 100th anniversary
  • Czech: sté výročí — 100th anniversary
  • Danish: hundredårsdag — 100th anniversary
  • Dutch: eeuwfeest — 100th anniversary
  • Finnish: satavuotispäivä — 100th anniversary
  • French: centenaire — 100th anniversary
  • Georgian: ასი წლისთავი (asi c̣listavi) — 100th anniversary
  • German: Hundertjahrfeier — 100th anniversary
  • German: hundertster Jahrestag — 100th anniversary
  • Greek: εκατονταετηρίδα (ekatontaetirída) — 100th anniversary
  • Hungarian: centenárium — 100th anniversary
  • Italian: centenario — 100th anniversary
  • Latvian: simtgadu — 100th anniversary
  • Lithuanian: šimtmetis — 100th anniversary
  • Macedonian: стогоди́шнина (stogodíšnina) — 100th anniversary
  • Norman: chent'naithe — 100th anniversary
  • Norwegian: hundreårsdag — 100th anniversary
  • Polish: stulecie — 100th anniversary
  • Portuguese: centenário — 100th anniversary
  • Romanian: centenar — 100th anniversary
  • Russian: столе́тие (stolétije) — 100th anniversary
  • Russian: столе́тняя годовщи́на (stolétnjaja godovščína) — 100th anniversary
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna — 100th anniversary
  • Serbo-Croatian: стогодишњица — 100th anniversary
  • Serbo-Croatian: столеће — 100th anniversary
  • Serbo-Croatian: stogodišnjica — 100th anniversary
  • Serbo-Croatian: stoleće — 100th anniversary
  • Slovak: storočnica — 100th anniversary
  • Spanish: centenario — 100th anniversary
  • Swedish: hundraårsdag — 100th anniversary
  • Turkish: yüzüncü yıldönümü — 100th anniversary
Real reading context

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