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Swedish
Etymology
hundra + tal
Noun
hundratal n
- around one hundred
Ett hundratal människor fick föras till sjukhus- Around one hundred people had to be taken to hospital
- hundreds
Om summan av tiotalen är större än hundra läggs en minnessiffra till hundratalen- If the sum of the tens is greater than a hundred, a carry is added to the hundreds
- (usually in the definite "hundratalet," as a suffix only) century
artonhundratalet/1800-talet- the 19th century
Usage notes
The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).
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