See also: centésimo

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian centesimo. Doublet of centime.

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Noun

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centesimo (plural centesimos or centesimi)

  1. (historical) A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira. [from 19th c.]

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish centésimo.

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centesimo (plural centesimos)

  1. A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile. [from 19th c.]
    • 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.

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Italian

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Italian numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90  ←  99 100 101  → [a], [b] 200  → 
10
    Cardinal: cento
    Ordinal: centesimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 100º
 
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Etymology

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From cento (hundred) +‎ -esimo (-th).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈtɛ.zi.mo/, /t͡ʃenˈte.zi.mo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛzimo, -ezimo
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tè‧si‧mo, cen‧té‧si‧mo

Adjective

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centesimo (feminine centesima, masculine plural centesimi, feminine plural centesime)

  1. (ordinal number) hundredth

Noun

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centesimo m (plural centesimi)

  1. (fractional number) hundredth
  2. (numismatics) cent, penny
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References

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  1. ^ centesimo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From centēsimus (hundredth) +‎ .

Verb

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centēsimō (present infinitive centēsimāre, perfect active centēsimāvī, supine centēsimātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to centesimate (to select one person in every hundred for a punishment)
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  • English: centesimate

Etymology 2

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Numeral

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centēsimō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of centēsimus

References

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  • 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.
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