centenniumn.

Brit.

/sɛnˈtɛnɪəm/,

/s(ə)nˈtɛnɪəm/, U.S.

/sɛnˈtɛniəm/,

/sənˈtɛniəm/

Forms: 1800s– centennium, 1900s– centenium (nonstandard and rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin centennium.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin centennium period of a hundred years (12th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.²) + -ennium (in biennium biennium n., triennium triennium n., etc.). Compare earlier decennium n., millennium n., and also earlier centenary n. Compare also earlier centennial adj.

A period of a hundred years; a century. Also (occasionally): a celebration of the completion of a century; a centenary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > a century

secle?1533

siecle?1533

age1587

centenary1591

century1591

hundreda1656

cent.1687

centennium1828

1828 A. B. Granville St. Petersburgh II. 130 Another golden medal,..which was intended to perpetuate..the recollection of the centennium.

1897 J. T. Goodman Archaic Maya Inscriptions 142 The disposition to observe anniversaries, jubilees, centenniums, and other notable periods of recurrence, is one of the strongest and most prevalent instincts of mankind.

1936 Times 26 Feb. 19/6 I would ask our members and all interested in the Institution to help us to conclude our centennium with another record of new business.

1990 Internat. Migration Rev. 24 851/2 On the centennium of independence.

2002 Synthese 133 160 Though the state was expanded constantly during the first centennium of its existence, Inca culture was relatively homogeneous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	centennium
释义	centenniumn. Brit. /sɛnˈtɛnɪəm/, /s(ə)nˈtɛnɪəm/, U.S. /sɛnˈtɛniəm/, /sənˈtɛniəm/ Forms: 1800s– centennium, 1900s– centenium (nonstandard and rare). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin centennium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin centennium period of a hundred years (12th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.²) + -ennium (in biennium biennium n., triennium triennium n., etc.). Compare earlier decennium n., millennium n., and also earlier centenary n. Compare also earlier centennial adj. A period of a hundred years; a century. Also (occasionally): a celebration of the completion of a century; a centenary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > a century secle?1533 siecle?1533 age1587 centenary1591 century1591 hundreda1656 cent.1687 centennium1828 1828 A. B. Granville St. Petersburgh II. 130 Another golden medal,..which was intended to perpetuate..the recollection of the centennium. 1897 J. T. Goodman Archaic Maya Inscriptions 142 The disposition to observe anniversaries, jubilees, centenniums, and other notable periods of recurrence, is one of the strongest and most prevalent instincts of mankind. 1936 Times 26 Feb. 19/6 I would ask our members and all interested in the Institution to help us to conclude our centennium with another record of new business. 1990 Internat. Migration Rev. 24 851/2 On the centennium of independence. 2002 Synthese 133 160 Though the state was expanded constantly during the first centennium of its existence, Inca culture was relatively homogeneous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1828
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