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English
Etymology
From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years”), from centennis (“100-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”). Cognate with centennial.
Noun
centennium (plural centennia)
- (rare) Synonym of century: A period of 100 years.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, vicennium, tricennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From centennis (“100-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”).
Noun
centennium n (genitive centenniī or centennī); second declension
- (Late Latin) century: a period of 100 years
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants