cien

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See also: cień, cíen, ĉien, and Cień

English

Noun

cien

  1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Anagrams

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : cien
    Ordinal : centésimu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cientu, from Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien (indeclinable)

  1. one hundred; 100
    cien llobosone hundred wolves
    cien vaquesone hundred cows

Usage notes

The indeclinable form cien means "one hundred" only. To say "one hundred one", the combining form cientu is used, as cientu un. Likewise, "one hundred thirty" is cientu trenta, and "one hundred fifty-four" is cientu cincuenta y cuatro.

Derived terms

Mirandese

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien

  1. one-hundred

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

cien

  1. genitive plural of cena

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90  ←  99 100 101  →  200  → 
10
    Cardinal: cien, (before lower numerals) ciento
    Ordinal: centésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º
    Multiplier: céntuplo
    Fractional: centésimo, centavo, céntimo

Etymology

From ciento, from Latin centum.

Pronunciation

Number

cien

  1. one hundred (100)

Usage notes

  • cien is used when standing alone as a numeral:
    de uno hasta el cienfrom one to one hundred
    hay dos cienes en el papelthere are two hundreds (occurrences of the number "one hundred") on the paper
  • cien is used when followed by a noun:
    cien personasone hundred people
  • cien is used when followed by a higher numeral:
    cien milone hundred thousand
    cien millonesone hundred million
  • ciento is used when followed by a lower numeral:
    ciento dos personasone hundred and two people
  • ciento is used as a noun referring to 100 units of something:
    dos cientos de manzanastwo hundred apples (literally, “two hundred units of apples”)
  • In the indefinite sense, ciento is used:
    cientos de pesoshundreds of pesos
  • To indicate percentages, ciento is usually used, with regional exceptions, especially for 100%:
    cincuenta por cientofifty percent
    cien por cientoone hundred percent

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: siyen
  • Taos: si̋en, si̋eną

Further reading

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese (MC tshen).

Pronunciation

Numeral

cien (1957–1982 spelling cien)

  1. thousand