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Latin
Numeral
centēnō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of centēnus
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈteno/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈteno/
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: cen‧te‧no
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latin centēnum (“rye”, literally “something gathered hundred each”), from Latin centēnus (“hundred each”), from centum (“hundred”).
Noun
centeno m (plural centenos)
- rye
Etymology 2
From Latin centēnus.
Adjective
centeno (feminine centena, masculine plural centenos, feminine plural centenas)
- hundredth
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