hundred

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === Hundred, HUNDRED === Etymology === Borrowed from English hundred. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhandrɛd] === Noun === hundred (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for 00. ==== Usage notes ==== Used only for whole hundreds (a final 00 in a number), and then only for distances (including altitudes). Thus 10,900 m is one zero thousand nine hundred meter, but 10,946 m is one zero thousand nine four six meter and 200° is two zero zero degree. === References === == English == === Alternative forms === Arabic numerals: 100 (see for numerical forms in other scripts) Roman numerals: C ISO prefix: hecto- Exponential notation: 102 hunnert (pronunciation spelling) === Etymology === From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŭnʹdrəd, hŭnʹdrĭd, IPA(key): /ˈhʌn.dɹəd/, /-dɹɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌn dɹəd/, /ˈhʌn.dəɹd/, /ˈhʌndəɹt/, /ˈhʌnəɹt/ (mostly nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈhʌn.d͡ʒəɹd/ Hyphenation: hund‧red === Numeral === hundred (plural hundreds) A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine. Synonyms: cent (obsolete except in per cent), fivescore (archaic), one hundred, short hundred, teenty (nonstandard) (24-hour clock) The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes. ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike cardinal numerals up to ninety-nine, the word hundred is a noun like dozen and needs a determiner or other modifier to function as a numeral. a hundred women / one hundred women / the hundred women compare a dozen women / one dozen women / the dozen women compare ten women / the ten women Hundred can be used also in plurals. It doesn't take -s when preceded by a determiner. two hundred women / some hundred women hundreds of women In telling military time, "hundred" is typically only used for exact hours, e.g. 09:00 is "oh nine hundred" and 21:00 is "twenty-one hundred", while 03:30 is "oh three thirty". Sometimes, nonstandardly (e.g. in fiction by authors not entirely familiar with military time-telling), 03:30 may be read as "oh three hundred thirty". ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hawaiian: haneli, hanele, haneri ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hundred (plural hundreds) A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros). (historical) An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres. (by extension, historical) Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire (cricket) A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman. ==== Synonyms ==== (collection of 100 things): centuplet; centenary (obsolete) (US hundred-dollar bill): Franklin, yard, c-note (administrative division): barony (Ireland), see also riding, wapentake, rape, commote (Wales) (cricket: hundred runs): century ==== Hypernyms ==== (administrative division): See county and tithing ==== Hyponyms ==== (administrative division): See carucate (1⁄100 hundred & for smaller divisions) ==== Derived terms ==== Chafford Hundred daddy hundred hundredal Hundred End ==== Translations ==== === See also === wapentake === References === === Anagrams === hunderd == Danish == === Alternative forms === hundrede (cardinal number) hundrede (noun) === Etymology === From Old Norse hundrað (“hundred”), from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hunrəd/, [ˈhunɐð] === Numeral === hundred hundred ==== Descendants ==== → Greenlandic: hundredi === Noun === hundred n (plural indefinite hundreder or hundred, plural definite hundrederne) a unit of about one hundred == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English hundred, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą (“hundred”); some forms are remodelled on Old Norse hundrað. ==== Alternative forms ==== hondred, houndred, houndreth, hundered, hundereth, hunderyth, hundreþ, hundret, hundreth, hundrid, hundrit, hundrythe, hwndreth honderd, hundurd ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhundrɛd/, /ˈhundrɛθ/, /ˈhundɛrd/ ==== Numeral ==== hundred A hundred; 100. A large number; a zillion. ===== Usage notes ===== Much like modern English hundred, hundred needs a determiner preceding it to function as a number. ===== Derived terms ===== hundredfold ===== Descendants ===== English: hundred, hunnert→ Hawaiian: haneli, hanele, haneri English: (Yorkshire) hunderd English: (Ottawa-Valley) hunnerd, hunred Scots: hunder, hunner Yola: hindreth, hundreth, hundereth, hunderth, hunnert ===== References ===== “hundred, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. ==== Noun ==== hundred (plural hundredes) A hundredweight. A hundred (administrative division) The assembly or court of such a division. ===== Derived terms ===== hundredpeny ===== Descendants ===== English: hundred ===== References ===== “hundred, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “hundred, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === A combination of specialised use of the cardinal and hundred (“hundred”) +‎ -the (ordinal suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== hondraȝte, hondred, hondredaȝte, hundredeþe, hundret, hundreþ, hundreth, hundrid ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhundrɛd/, /ˈhundrɛθ/, /ˈhundər/ ==== Adjective ==== hundred A hundredth. ===== Descendants ===== English: hundredth ===== References ===== “hundredethe, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hundaradą (“hundred”), from *hundą + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Cognate with Old Frisian hundred, Old Saxon hunderod, Old Dutch *hundert, Old High German hundert, Old Norse hundrað. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxun.dred/, [ˈhun.dred] === Numeral === hundred n hundred ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== hund hundtēontiġ ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hundredEnglish: hundred, hunnert→ Hawaiian: haneli, hanele, haneriEnglish: (Yorkshire) hunderdEnglish: (Ottawa-Valley) hunnerd, hunredScots: hunder, hunnerYola: hindreth, hundreth, hundereth, hunderth, hunnert === References ===