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1. (n.) century
a period of 100 years.
2. century
one of the successive periods of 100 years reckoned forward or backward from a recognized chronological epoch, esp. from the assumed date of the birth of Jesus.
3. century
any group or collection of 100.
4. century
a subdivision of the Roman legion, orig. consisting of 100 men.
5. century
one of the voting divisions of the ancient Roman people, each division having one vote.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L centuria, der. of
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| Definition of 'Century' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) century
a period of 100 years
2. (noun) hundred, 100, C, century, one C
ten 10s
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1. (noun) century
a particular period of 100 years
the 11th/12th/20th century
2. century
any period of 100 years
a century since his death
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| Definition of 'Century' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Century
a hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things
2. (noun) Century
a period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago
3. (noun) Century
a division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers
4. (noun) Century
one of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion
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Sense: a (period of a) hundred years
the 19th century; for more than a century.
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Afrikaans: eeu |
Arabic: مِئَةُ سَنَه |
Bulgarian: век |
Brazilian: século |
Czech: století |
German: das Jahrhundert |
Danish: århundrede; hundredår |
Greek: αιώνας |
Spanish: siglo |
Estonian: sajand |
Farsi: قرن |
Finnish: vuosisata |
French: siècle |
Hebrew: מֵאָה |
Hindi: शताब्दी |
Croatian: stoljeće |
Hungarian: (év)század |
Indonesian: abad |
Icelandic: öld |
Italian: secolo |
Japanese: 世紀 |
Korean: 세기 |
Lithuanian: amžius, šimtmetis |
Latvian: gadsimts |
Malay: kurun |
Dutch: eeuw |
Norwegian: århundre |
Polish: wiek, stulecie |
Persian: قرن |
Pashto: پېړۍ، سل كاله |
Portuguese: século |
Romanian: secol |
Russian: столетие; век |
Slovak: storočie |
Slovenian: stoletje |
Serbian: vek |
Swedish: sekel |
Thai: ศตวรรษ |
Turkish: yüzyıl, asır |
Taiwanese: 世紀 |
Ukrainian: століття |
Urdu: سو سال ، صدی |
Vietnamese: thế kỷ |
Chinese: 世纪 |
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