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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian centesimo. Doublet of centime.
Pronunciation
Noun
centesimo (plural centesimos or centesimi)
- (historical) A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish centésimo.
Pronunciation
Noun
centesimo (plural centesimos)
- A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile.
2005 November 12, The Guardian:And if they were talking 3-5-2, it referred only to the centesimos they were cutting, filing and preparing to throw at the Australian players from the stands throughout the match.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From cento (“hundred”) + -esimo (“-th”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈtɛ.zi.mo/, /t͡ʃenˈte.zi.mo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛzimo, -ezimo
- Hyphenation: cen‧tè‧si‧mo, cen‧té‧si‧mo
Adjective
centesimo (feminine centesima, masculine plural centesimi, feminine plural centesime)
- (ordinal number) hundredth
Noun
centesimo m (plural centesimi)
- (fractional number) hundredth
- (numismatics) cent, penny
References
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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From centēsimus (“hundredth”) + -ō.
Verb
centēsimō (present infinitive centēsimāre, perfect active centēsimāvī, supine centēsimātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to centesimate (to select one person in every hundred for a punishment)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Numeral
centēsimō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of centēsimus
References
- “centesimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- centesimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.