centurion

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From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕇𐕒𐕍𐕈𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔺𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 (x̣oq̇åaraybån'i) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Albanian: centurion — commander of a century of soldiers
• Albanian: kryeqindës — commander of a century of soldiers
• Arabic: سينتوريون — commander of a century of soldiers
• Armenian: ցենտուրիոն (cʻenturion) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Armenian: հարյուրապետ (haryurapet) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Old Armenian: հարիւրապետ (hariwrapet) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Basque: ehuntari — commander of a century of soldiers
• Catalan: centurió — commander of a century of soldiers
• Chinese Mandarin: 百夫長 /百夫长 (bǎifūzhǎng) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Czech: centurio — commander of a century of soldiers
• Czech: setník — commander of a century of soldiers
• Dutch: honderdman — commander of a century of soldiers
• Dutch: centurio — commander of a century of soldiers
• Dutch: centurion — commander of a century of soldiers
• Esperanto: centestro — commander of a century of soldiers
• Finnish: sadanpäämies — commander of a century of soldiers
• Finnish: kenturio — commander of a century of soldiers
• French: centurion — commander of a century of soldiers
• German: Centurio — commander of a century of soldiers
• German: Zenturio — commander of a century of soldiers
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 (hundafaþs) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Greek: εκατόνταρχος (ekatóntarchos) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Greek: κεντυρίων (kentyríon) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Ancient Greek: ἑκατοντάρχης (hekatontárkhēs) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Ancient Greek: κεντυρίων (kenturíōn) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Ancient Greek: ἑκατόνταρχος (hekatóntarkhos) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Hebrew: שַׂר מֵאָה (sar meá) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Ido: centuriono — commander of a century of soldiers
• Irish: ceantúir — commander of a century of soldiers
• Old Irish: centúir — commander of a century of soldiers
• Italian: centurione — commander of a century of soldiers
• Japanese: 百人隊長 (hyakunintaichō) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Kazakh: жүзбасы (jüzbasy) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Latin: centuriō — commander of a century of soldiers
• Māori: keneturio — commander of a century of soldiers
• Old English: hundredmann — commander of a century of soldiers
• Persian: صدبد (sadbod) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Persian: سروان (sarvân) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Old Persian: θatapati- — commander of a century of soldiers
• Polish: centurion — commander of a century of soldiers
• Portuguese: centurião — commander of a century of soldiers
• Romanian: centurion — commander of a century of soldiers
• Romanian: sutaș — commander of a century of soldiers
• Russian: центурио́н (centurión) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Serbo-Croatian: centurìōn — commander of a century of soldiers
• Spanish: centurión — commander of a century of soldiers
• Swedish: centurion — commander of a century of soldiers
• Tagalog: senturyon — commander of a century of soldiers
• Tamil: நூற்றுக்கதிபதி (nūṟṟukkatipati) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Ukrainian: центуріо́н (centurión) — commander of a century of soldiers
• Bengali: শতকধারী (śotokdhari) — cricket: player who scores a century