cien

English

Noun

cien

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• Ince, NICE, Nice, Niec, cine, cine-, icen, nice

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cientu (combining form only)

Etymology

From cientu, from Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien (indeclinable)

1. one hundred; 100

   cien llobos — one hundred wolves

   cien vaques — one 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

• centenu

Mirandese

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Latin centum.

Numeral

cien

1. one-hundred

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

cien

1. genitive plural of cena

Spanish

Etymology

From ciento, from Latin centum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjen/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjen/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: cien
• Homophone: (Latin America) sien

Number

cien

1. one hundred (100)

Usage notes

• cien is used when standing alone as a numeral:

  de uno hasta el cien ― from one to one hundred

  hay dos cienes en el papel ― there are two hundreds (occurrences of the number "one hundred") on the paper

• cien is used when followed by a noun:

  cien personas ― one hundred people

• cien is used when followed by a higher numeral:

  cien mil ― one hundred thousand

  cien millones ― one hundred million

• ciento is used when followed by a lower numeral:

  ciento dos personas ― one hundred and two people

• ciento is used as a noun referring to 100 units of something:

  dos cientos de manzanas ― two hundred apples (literally, “two hundred units of apples”)

• In the indefinite sense, ciento is used:

  cientos de pesos ― hundreds of pesos

• To indicate percentages, ciento is usually used, with regional exceptions, especially for 100%:

  cincuenta por ciento ― fifty percent

  cien por ciento ― one hundred percent

Derived terms

• al cien
• de todo a cien
• cien por ciento, cien por cien
• todo a cien
• doscientos m (“two hundred”), doscientas f
• trescientos m (“three hundred”), trescientas f
• cuatrocientos m (“four hundred”), cuatrocientas f
• quinientos m (“five hundred”), quinientas f
• seiscientos (“six hundred”), seiscientas f
• setecientos m (“seven hundred”), setecientas f
• ochocientos (“eight hundred”), ochocientas f
• novecientos m (“nine hundred”), novecientas f

Related terms

Descendants

• → Cebuano: siyen
• → Taos: si̋en, si̋eną

Further reading

• “cien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 千 (MC tshen).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕiːn˨˦/
• Tone numbers: cien¹
• Hyphenation: cien

Numeral

cien (1957–1982 spelling cien)

1. thousand