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English
Etymology
From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th. The Old English term was hundtēontigoþa.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hundredth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
- 2012 March 15, Bruce Springsteen, keynote speech, South by Southwest Music Conference:
- This being Woodie Guthrie’s a hundredth birthday, in the centerpiece of this year’s South by Southwest Conference, I’m also gonna talk a little bit about my musical development and where it intersected with Woodie’s and why.
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Translations
ordinal of 100
— see also 100thNoun
hundredth (plural hundredths)
- The person or thing in the hundredth position.
- One of a hundred equal parts of a whole.
Translations
person or thing in the hundredth position
one of a hundred equal parts of a whole
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