centième

French

French numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
[a], [b] ←  90	[a], [b] ←  99	100	200  → [a], [b]	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: cent     Ordinal: centième     Ordinal abbreviation: 100e, (now nonstandard) 100ème     Multiplier: centuple
French Wikipedia article on 100

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French centiesme, from Old French centesme, from Latin centēsimus. By surface analysis, cent +‎ -ième.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tjɛm/

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Adjective

centième (plural centièmes)

1. (ordinal number) hundredth

Derived terms

• centièmement

Noun

centième m or f (plural centièmes)

1. hundredth

Further reading

• “centième”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.