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From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

296 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: eeu — period of 100 years
• Albanian: shekull — period of 100 years
• Northern Altai: чӱс чыл (čüs čïl) — period of 100 years
• Southern Altai: јӱс јыл (ǰüs ǰïl) — period of 100 years
• Southern Altai: јӱсјылдык (ǰüsǰïldïk) — period of 100 years
• Amharic: ክፍለ ዘመን (kəflä zämän) — period of 100 years
• Arabic: قَرْن (qarn) — period of 100 years
• Arabic: عَصْر (ʕaṣr) — period of 100 years
• Arabic: جيل (gīl) — period of 100 years
• Aragonese: sieglo — period of 100 years
• Armenian: դար (dar) — period of 100 years
• Asturian: sieglu — period of 100 years
• Asturian: centuria — period of 100 years
• Avar: гӏасру (ʻasru) — period of 100 years
• Aymara: patacmara — period of 100 years
• Azerbaijani: əsr — period of 100 years
• Azerbaijani: yüzillik — period of 100 years
• Bashkir: быуат (bıwat) — period of 100 years
• Bashkir: ғасыр (ğasır) — period of 100 years
• Basque: mende — period of 100 years
• Basque: gizaldi — period of 100 years
• Belarusian: век (vjek) — period of 100 years
• Belarusian: стаго́ддзе (stahóddzje) — period of 100 years
• Belarusian: стаго́дзьдзе (stahódzʹdzje) — period of 100 years
• Bengali: শতাব্দী (śotabdi) — period of 100 years
• Breton: kantved — period of 100 years
• Bulgarian: век (vek) — period of 100 years
• Bulgarian: столе́тие (stolétie) — period of 100 years
• Burmese: ရာစု (racu.) — period of 100 years
• Burmese: ရာစုနှစ် (racu.hnac) — period of 100 years
• Carpathian Rusyn: сторо́ча (storóča) — period of 100 years
• Catalan: segle — period of 100 years
• Catalan: centúria — period of 100 years
• Cebuano: gatosan — period of 100 years
• Cebuano: kagatosan — period of 100 years
• Cebuano: siglo — period of 100 years
• Chechen: бӏешо (bˀešo) — period of 100 years
• Chinese Cantonese: 世紀 /世纪 (sai3 gei2) — period of 100 years
• Chinese: шыҗи (šɨji) — period of 100 years
• Eastern Min Chinese: 世紀 /世纪 (sié-gī) — period of 100 years
• Hakka Chinese: 世紀 /世纪 (sṳ-ki / se-ki) — period of 100 years
• Chinese: 世紀 /世纪 (zh-min-nan) — period of 100 years
• Chinese Mandarin: 世紀 /世纪 (shìjì) — period of 100 years
• Wu Chinese: 世紀 /世纪 (5sy-ci) — period of 100 years
• Chuvash: ӗмӗр (ĕmĕr) — period of 100 years
• Ngazidja Comorian: karne — period of 100 years
• Cornish: cansbledhen — period of 100 years
• Corsican: seculu — period of 100 years
• Crimean Tatar: yüz — period of 100 years
• Czech: století — period of 100 years
• Danish: århundrede — period of 100 years
• Danish: århundred — period of 100 years
• Dutch: eeuw — period of 100 years
• East Frisian Low German: äiw — period of 100 years
• East Frisian Low German: jorhunnert — period of 100 years
• Edo: ìkpíyīsẹ̄n — period of 100 years
• Esperanto: jarcento — period of 100 years
• Esperanto: centjaro — period of 100 years
• Estonian: sajand — period of 100 years
• Evenki: няма̄дӣ анӈанӣл (ņamāʒī anŋaņīl) — period of 100 years
• Extremaduran: sigru — period of 100 years
• Faroese: øld — period of 100 years
• Finnish: vuosisata — period of 100 years
• French: siècle — period of 100 years
• North Frisian: juarhunert — period of 100 years
• North Frisian: jeerhunert (Ockholm) — period of 100 years
• North Frisian: jäärhonert (Langenhorn) — period of 100 years
• North Frisian: Jaarhönert — period of 100 years
• Saterland Frisian: Jierhunnert — period of 100 years
• West-Frisian: ieu — period of 100 years
• Galician: século — period of 100 years
• Galician: centuria — period of 100 years
• Georgian: საუკუნე (sauḳune) — period of 100 years
• Georgian: ასწლეული (asc̣leuli) — period of 100 years
• German: Jahrhundert — period of 100 years
• German: Säkulum — period of 100 years
• Greek: αιώνας (aiónas) — period of 100 years
• Greek: εκατονταετία (ekatontaetía) — period of 100 years
• Greenlandic: ukiut hundredikkuutaat — period of 100 years
• Greenlandic: ukiut hunnorujukkuutaat — period of 100 years
• Gujarati: સૈકું (saikũ) — period of 100 years
• Hausa: ƙarni — period of 100 years
• Hebrew: מֵאָה (me'a) — period of 100 years
• Hindi: शताब्दी (śatābdī) — period of 100 years
• Hindi: सैका (saikā) — period of 100 years
• Hindi: सदी (sadī) — period of 100 years
• Hungarian: század — period of 100 years
• Hungarian: évszázad — period of 100 years
• Hunsrik: Joherhunnerd — period of 100 years
• Icelandic: öld — period of 100 years
• Ido: yarcento — period of 100 years
• Igbo: senchụ̄rị̀ — period of 100 years
• Indonesian: abad — period of 100 years
• Indonesian: kurun — period of 100 years
• Ingrian: voossata — period of 100 years
• Ingrian: sajanti — period of 100 years
• Interlingua: seculo — period of 100 years
• Irish: aois — period of 100 years
• Irish: céad — period of 100 years
• Italian: secolo — period of 100 years
• Japanese: 世紀 (seiki) — period of 100 years
• Javanese: abad — period of 100 years
• Kannada: ಶತಮಾನ (śatamāna) — period of 100 years
• Karelian: vuozisada — period of 100 years
• Kazakh: ғасыр (ğasyr) — period of 100 years
• Khmer: សតវត្ស (saʼtaʼvŏət) — period of 100 years
• Komi-Permyak: ним (ńim) — period of 100 years
• Komi-Zyrian: нэм (nem) — period of 100 years
• Korean: 세기 (segi) — period of 100 years
• Central Kurdish: سەدە (sede) — period of 100 years
• Central Kurdish: قەرن (qern) — period of 100 years
• Northern Kurdish: sedsal — period of 100 years
• Northern Kurdish: sede — period of 100 years
• Northern Kurdish: qirn — period of 100 years
• Kyrgyz: кылым (kılım) — period of 100 years
• Kyrgyz: гасыр (gasır) — period of 100 years
• Kyrgyz: жүзжылдык (jüzjıldık) — period of 100 years
• Ladino: sekolo — period of 100 years
• Ladino: siekolo — period of 100 years
• Lao: ສັດຕະວັດ (sat ta wat) — period of 100 years
• Latin: saeculum — period of 100 years
• Latin: centennium — period of 100 years
• Latvian: gadsimts — period of 100 years
• Limburgish: iew — period of 100 years
• Lithuanian: šimtmetis — period of 100 years
• Lithuanian: amžius — period of 100 years
• Livonian: sadāāigastõd — period of 100 years
• Luxembourgish: Joerhonnert — period of 100 years
• Macedonian: век (vek) — period of 100 years
• Macedonian: столетие (stoletie) — period of 100 years
• Malay: abad — period of 100 years
• Malay: kurun — period of 100 years
• Malay: ابد — period of 100 years
• Malay: قرون — period of 100 years
• Malayalam: നൂറ്റാണ്ട് (nūṟṟāṇṭŭ) — period of 100 years
• Malayalam: ശതാബ്ദം (śatābdaṁ) — period of 100 years
• Maltese: seklu — period of 100 years
• Maltese: ċentinarju — period of 100 years
• Manx: eash — period of 100 years
• Māori: rautau — period of 100 years
• Marathi: शतक (śatak) — period of 100 years
• Marathi: शताब्दी (śatābdī) — period of 100 years
• Eastern Mari: курым (kurym) — period of 100 years
• Mongolian: зуун (zuun) — period of 100 years
• Nepali: शताब्दी (śatābdī) — period of 100 years
• Norman: siaeclle — period of 100 years
• Norman: siécl'ye — period of 100 years
• Norman: syekly — period of 100 years
• Norman: syiclle — period of 100 years
• Northern Sotho: ngwagakgolo — period of 100 years
• Norwegian Bokmål: århundre — period of 100 years
• Occitan: sègle — period of 100 years
• Odia: ଶତାବ୍ଦୀ (śatābdi) — period of 100 years
• Old English: ieldu — period of 100 years
• Old Prussian: mettasimtan — period of 100 years
• O'odham: siant ahithag — period of 100 years
• Oromo: jaarraa — period of 100 years
• Ossetian: ӕнус (ænus) — period of 100 years
• Pannonian Rusyn: вик (vik) — period of 100 years
• Pannonian Rusyn: столїтиє (stoljitije) — period of 100 years
• Pannonian Rusyn: сторочє (storočje) — period of 100 years
• Papiamentu: siglo — period of 100 years
• Pashto: پېړۍ (peṛai) — period of 100 years
• Pashto: قرن (qarn) — period of 100 years
• Dari: سَدَه (sada) — period of 100 years
• Dari: قَرْن (qarn) — period of 100 years
• Dari: عَصْر (asr) — period of 100 years
• Iranian Persian: سَدِه (sade) — period of 100 years
• Iranian Persian: قَرْن (ġarn) — period of 100 years
• Iranian Persian: عَصْر (asr) — period of 100 years
• Plautdietsch: Hundatjoa — period of 100 years
• Polish: stulecie — period of 100 years
• Polish: wiek — period of 100 years
• Portuguese: século — period of 100 years
• Quechua: pachak — period of 100 years
• Romani: शुल ब्रेश — period of 100 years
• Romani: šul breš — period of 100 years
• Romanian: secol — period of 100 years
• Romanian: veac — period of 100 years
• Romansh: tschientaner — period of 100 years
• Romansh: secul — period of 100 years
• Russian: столе́тие (stolétije) — period of 100 years
• Russian: век (vek) — period of 100 years
• Samoan: senituri — period of 100 years
• Sanskrit: शताब्द (śatābda) — period of 100 years
• Sardinian: sèculu — period of 100 years
• Scots: year-hunder — period of 100 years
• Scots: yeirhunder — period of 100 years
• Scots: centurie — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̑к — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: вије̑к — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: сто̀леће — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: сто̀љеће — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: vȇk — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: vijȇk — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: stòleće — period of 100 years
• Serbo-Croatian: stòljeće — period of 100 years
• Shor: чӱс чыл (çüs çıl) — period of 100 years
• Sinhalese: සියවස (siyawasa) — period of 100 years
• Slovak: storočie — period of 100 years
• Slovene: stoletje — period of 100 years
• Somali: qarni — period of 100 years
• Somali: qarnigii — period of 100 years
• Lower Sorbian: stolěśe — period of 100 years
• Upper Sorbian: lětstotk — period of 100 years
• Upper Sorbian: lětstotk — period of 100 years
• Spanish: centuria — period of 100 years
• Spanish: siglo — period of 100 years
• Sudovian: simtmetis — period of 100 years
• Swahili: karne — period of 100 years
• Swedish: sekel — period of 100 years
• Swedish: århundrade — period of 100 years
• Tagalog: dantaon — period of 100 years
• Tagalog: siglo — period of 100 years
• Tajik: аср (asr) — period of 100 years
• Tajik: қарн (qarn) — period of 100 years
• Tamil: நூற்றாண்டு (nūṟṟāṇṭu) — period of 100 years
• Tatar: гасыр (ğasır) — period of 100 years
• Telugu: శతాబ్దము (śatābdamu) — period of 100 years
• Thai: ศตวรรษ (sà-dtà-wát) — period of 100 years
• Tongan: senituli — period of 100 years
• Turkish: yüzyıl — period of 100 years
• Turkish: asır — period of 100 years
• Turkmen: asyr — period of 100 years
• Ukrainian: столі́ття (stolíttja) — period of 100 years
• Ukrainian: сторі́ччя (storíččja) — period of 100 years
• Ukrainian: вік (vik) — period of 100 years
• Urdu: صَدی (sadī) — period of 100 years
• Urdu: قَرْن (qarn) — period of 100 years
• Uyghur: ئەسىر (esir) — period of 100 years
• Uzbek: asr — period of 100 years
• Veps: vozʹsada — period of 100 years
• Vietnamese: thế kỉ — period of 100 years
• Volapük: tumyel — period of 100 years
• Võro: aastagasada — period of 100 years
• Walloon: sieke — period of 100 years
• Welsh: canrif — period of 100 years
• Yakut: үйэ (üye) — period of 100 years
• Yiddish: יאָרהונדערט (yorhundert) — period of 100 years
• Yoruba: ọgọ́rùn-ún-ọdún — period of 100 years
• Yoruba: ọ̀rúndún — period of 100 years
• Yoruba: sẹ́ńtúrì — period of 100 years
• Zazaki: seser — period of 100 years
• Zhuang: seiqgeij — period of 100 years
• Albanian: centurie — unit in ancient Roman army
• Bulgarian: центу́рия (centúrija) — unit in ancient Roman army
• Catalan: centúria — unit in ancient Roman army
• Danish: centurie — unit in ancient Roman army
• Dutch: centurie — unit in ancient Roman army
• Estonian: tsentuuria — unit in ancient Roman army
• Finnish: kenturia — unit in ancient Roman army
• French: centurie — unit in ancient Roman army
• Galician: centuria — unit in ancient Roman army
• German: Zenturie — unit in ancient Roman army
• Greek: εκατονταρχία (ekatontarchía) — unit in ancient Roman army
• Hebrew: קנטוריה (kenturya) — unit in ancient Roman army
• Italian: centuria — unit in ancient Roman army
• Latin: centuria — unit in ancient Roman army
• Lithuanian: centurija — unit in ancient Roman army
• Lithuanian: šimtinė — unit in ancient Roman army
• Macedonian: центурија (centurija) — unit in ancient Roman army
• Marathi: सेंचुरी (señcurī) — unit in ancient Roman army
• Polish: centuria — unit in ancient Roman army
• Portuguese: centúria — unit in ancient Roman army
• Romanian: centurie — unit in ancient Roman army
• Russian: центу́рия (centúrija) — unit in ancient Roman army
• Serbo-Croatian: стотина — unit in ancient Roman army
• Serbo-Croatian: stotina — unit in ancient Roman army
• Slovak: stotina — unit in ancient Roman army
• Slovene: stotnija — unit in ancient Roman army
• Spanish: centuria — unit in ancient Roman army
• Turkmen: senturiýa — unit in ancient Roman army
• Welsh: canrif — unit in ancient Roman army
• Albanian: centurie — political division of Rome
• Catalan: centúria — political division of Rome
• Dutch: centurie — political division of Rome
• French: centurie — political division of Rome
• Galician: centuria — political division of Rome
• Italian: centuria — political division of Rome
• Latin: centuria — political division of Rome
• Lithuanian: centurija — political division of Rome
• Macedonian: центу́рија (centúrija) — political division of Rome
• Polish: centuria — political division of Rome
• Portuguese: centúria — political division of Rome
• Romanian: centurie — political division of Rome
• Russian: центу́рия (centúrija) — political division of Rome
• Finnish: satamäärä — hundred things of the same kind
• Finnish: satanen — hundred things of the same kind
• Hindi: शतक (śatak) — cricket: hundred runs
• Marathi: शतक (śatak) — cricket: hundred runs
• Tamil: சதம் (catam) — cricket: hundred runs
• Telugu: సెంచరీ (señcarī) — cricket: hundred runs
• Finnish: satanen — snooker: score of one hundred points
• Finnish: satanen — sports: race a hundred units in length
• Finnish: satanen — informal: banknote of one hundred units
• German: Hunni — informal: banknote of one hundred units