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centum

cen·tum
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sen-tuh m]
    • /ˈsɛn təm/
    • /ˈken.təm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sen-tuh m]
    • /ˈsɛn təm/

Definitions of centum word

  • adjective centum denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops (k) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches 3
  • adjective centum designating or of the group of Indo-European languages, including Germanic, Italic, Hellenic, Celtic, Anatolian, and Tocharian, in which a complicated but systematic development of the Indo-European palatals and labiovelars sets these languages apart from those of the satem group 3
  • noun centum one hundred. 1
  • adjective centum belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that show a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds (k) or [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes. The centum branches are Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and Tocharian. 1
  • noun centum (Indo-European linguistics) referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops. 1
  • noun centum (India) A perfect score on a board exam. 0
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Parts of speech for Centum

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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centum popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Top questions with centum

  • what is centum?
  • what does per centum mean?

Related words

  • percent

    Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.

  • satem

    belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.

  • sent

    simple past tense and past participle of send1 .

  • cent

    A cent is a small unit of money worth one hundredth of some currencies, for example the dollar and the euro.

  • centi-

    denoting one hundredth

  • per centum

    percent (def 1).
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