centenary

== English == === Etymology === From Latin centēnārius (“containing 100; local official overseeing a hundred”) either directly or via French centenaire, from centēnī (“100 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centner, kantar, and quintal. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɛnəɹi/, /ˈsɛntəˌnɛɹi/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sənˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/, /sənˈtɛn(ə)ri/ === Adjective === centenary (not comparable) Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly [c. 1451] Coordinate terms: unary, binary, trinary, tetranary, quintenary, hexanary, septenary, octonary, nonary, decenary, vicenary, tricenary, quadragenary, quinquagenary, semicentenary, sexagenary, septuagenary, octogenary, nonagenary, millenary Occurring every 100 years. Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old. Synonyms: centennial, centenarian, hundred-year-old (historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === centenary (plural centenaries) (obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army. (obsolete) Synonym of century: a period of 100 years. Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary. (uncommon) Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts. (historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration. (historical) Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration. (obsolete) Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old. ==== Derived terms ==== semicentenary, sesquicentenary, bicentenary, tricentenary, quadricentenary, quincentenary, sexcentenary, septicentenary, octocentenary, novocentenary === Verb === centenary (third-person singular simple present centenaries, present participle centenarying, simple past and past participle centenaried) (ambitransitive, obsolete) To celebrate the centennial of. === See also === Thesaurus:frequency === References === “centenary, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. “† centenary, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.