cent
English
/sɛnt/
noun
Definitions
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- (informal) A small sum of money.
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- (obsolete) One hundred.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cent (hundred) derived from Latin centum (hundred, a hundred) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm (hundred).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱm̥tóm
Gloss
hundred
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurocent English
- bit English
- bitcent English
- centage English
- cental English
- centi- English
- centime English
- chain English
- cwt. English
- sentti Finnish
- centesimus Latin
- centiceps Latin
- centiens Latin
- centies Latin
- centimanus Latin
- centipes Latin
- centum Latin
- centuplico Latin
- centēnus Latin
- focus Latin
- centi- Hungarian
- cent Italian
- cento Italian
- eurocent Italian
- cent Dutch, Flemish
- centiem Dutch, Flemish
- centime Dutch, Flemish
- eurocent Dutch, Flemish
- centime French
- centimètre French
- mètre French
- cien Spanish, Castilian
- ciento Spanish, Castilian
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- cêntimo Portuguese
- *hund- Proto-Germanic
- *hundaradą Proto-Germanic
- *hundą Proto-Germanic
- cent Swedish
- centime Swedish
- セント Japanese
- cent Polish
- centymetr Polish
- hundred Middle English
- ceint Irish
- centi- Danish
- *cęta Proto-Slavic
- *sъto Proto-Slavic
- cent Old French
- cent Esperanto
- cent Serbo-Croatian
- cent Catalan, Valencian
- senti- Icelandic
- Zanfoga Galician
- entrefollo Galician
- santafollo Galician
- սանտիմ Armenian
- sen Indonesian
- cents Latvian
- santīms Latvian
- sent Afrikaans
- seant Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- senti- Faroese
- sen Malay
- qind Albanian
- cent Middle French
- סנט Hebrew (modern)
- cen Old Portuguese
- cento Old Portuguese
- *kantom Proto-Celtic
- *ćata Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ćatám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- hunderod Old Saxon
- tsendu Aromanian
- tsentu Aromanian
- senti Swahili
- cent Occitan
- 센트 Korean
- *kentom Proto-Italic
- cien Asturian
- cientu Asturian
- cent Friulian
- centas Lithuanian
- jāān Marshallese
- sento Venetian
- zsento Venetian
- sèn Papiamentu
- sen Tok Pisin
- senim Tok Pisin
- *śimta- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- çénto Ligurian
- ciant Dalmatian
- kēneka Hawaiian
- santim Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lisenti Swati
- chentu Sardinian
- sento Istriot
- centu Corsican
- usende South Ndebele
- cien Mirandese
- sene Samoan
- chent ONF.
- *känte Proto-Tocharian
- cinde Tarantino
- sieri Rotokas