centenar

English

Noun

centenar (plural centenars)

1. (historical, military) During the Hundred Years' War, a commander of one hundred infantry.

Anagrams

• enneract, entrance, rectenna

Catalan

Etymology

From centè +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sən.təˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sen.teˈnaɾ]

Noun

centenar m (plural centenars)

1. a set of one hundred like objects

   Prop d'un centenar de persones es van congregar ahir a la plaça Sant Jaume.

   Nearly a hundred people came together yesterday at the Plaça Sant Jaume.

2. a quantity of approximately one hundred
3. (historical, military) in the armies of Catalonia before the Nueva Planta decrees, a company of one hundred men

Usage notes

• Centenar is used to express quantities expressed to a precision of the nearest hundred, or a set of one hundred. For the number one hundred exactly, cent is used.

Further reading

• “centenar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centenarius.

Noun

centenar n (plural centenare)

1. centenary

Declension

Declension of centenar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) centenar	centenarul	(niște) centenare	centenarele
genitive/dative	(unui) centenar	centenarului	(unor) centenare	centenarelor
vocative	centenarule		centenarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From centena +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenteˈnaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /senteˈnaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cen‧te‧nar

Noun

centenar m (plural centenares)

1. a unit of one hundred objects

   Synonym: centena

Further reading

• “centenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014