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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	centenar	centenarul		centenare	centenarele
genitive-dative	centenar	centenarului		centenare	centenarelor
vocative	centenarule			centenarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From centena +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenteˈnaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10