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Centum



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1 English
2 Latin

English

Pronunciation

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 | IPA || /ˈkɛntəm/ |- | SAMPA || /"kEnt@m/ |}

Adjective

centum
  1. (linguistics) referring to a Proto-Indo-European language group that did not produce sibilants from a series of velar stops

Antonym

  • satem

Etymology

Latin centum, "hundred", the canonical example of a word retaining an original velar stop, opposed to Avestan (satəm) "hundred".


Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(d)ḱm̥tóm. Formal cognates include Sanskrit शतं, (śataṃ) शतम् (śatam), Old Church Slavonic съто (sŭto), and Old English
hund.

Pronunciation

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 ! !! Classical !! Ecclesiastical |- | IPA || /ˈkentum/ || /ˈʧɛntum/ |- | X-SAMPA || /"kentum/ || /"tSEntum/ |}

Number

centum (indeclinable; numeral: C)
  1. a hundred; 100



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