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centaine

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French

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Etymology

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From cent +‎ -aine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tɛn/
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Noun

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centaine f (plural centaines)

  1. a hundred or so, about a hundred
    une période de plusieurs centaines d’annéesa period of several hundred years
    Même si je perdais la plupart de mes livres, il m’en resterait au moins une centaine, sinon plus.Even if I lost most of my books, I'd still have at least about a hundred left, if not more.
  2. (in the plural) hundreds (in arithmetic)

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