cent

See also: Cent, Cent., and cent-

cent - English

Alternative forms

(abbreviations): cent.

Pronunciation

enPR: sĕnt, IPA: /sɛnt/
Homophones: scent, sent

Noun

cent (plural cents or cent)

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
(informal) A small sum of money.
- He blew every last cent.
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
(music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
(nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
Abbreviation of century.
(obsolete, except in per cent) Abbreviation of centum. One hundred.
Abbreviation of centigrade.
Abbreviation of center.

Usage notes

Due to the differing plural formats used in European languages, it is common to use the word cent as a plural throughout the Eurozone.

Synonyms

(of a dollar): dollarcent
(of a euro): Eurocent
(coin (Canada, US)): penny

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: cent
→ Chinese:
- Cantonese: 仙 (sin1)
- Min Nan: 仙 (sian)
→ French: cent
→ Georgian: ცენტი (cenṭi)
→ Hebrew: סנט‎ (sent)
→ Italian: cent
→ Korean: 센트 (senteu)
→ Polish: cent
→ Samoan: sene
- → English: sene
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: це̏нт
- Latin script: cȅnt
→ Swahili: senti
→ Swedish: cent
Tok Pisin: sen
- → Rotokas: sieri

Translations

Albanian: cent (sq) m
Arabic: سِنْت‎ m (sint), سَنْت‎ m (sant)
Armenian: ցենտ (hy) (cʿent)
Azerbaijani: sent
Belarusian: цэнт m (cent)
Bengali: সেন্ট (śenṭo)
Bulgarian: цент m (cent)
Burmese: ဆင့် (my) (hcang.)
Catalan: centau (ca) m (for American continent coins), cèntim (ca) m (for the rest)
Central Melanau: sin
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 仙 (yue) (sin¹), 分 (fan¹), 厘 (lei⁴)
- Hakka: 分 (fûn)
- Mandarin: 分 (zh) (fēn)
- Min Nan: 分 (zh-min-nan) (hun), 針／针 (chiam)
Czech: cent (cs)
Danish: cent (da) c
Dutch: cent (nl) m
Esperanto: cendo
Estonian: sent (et)
Faroese: sent n
Fijian: sede (fj)
Finnish: sentti (fi)
French: cent (fr) m, centime (fr) m
Galician: céntimo (gl) m
Georgian: ცენტი (cenṭi)
German: Cent (de) m
Greek: σεντ (el) n (sent)
Hebrew: סֶנְט‎ (he) m (sent)
Hindi: सेंट (hi) (seṇṭ)
Hungarian: penny (hu), cent (hu)
Indonesian: sen (id)
Irish: ceint m
Italian: centesimo (it) m
Japanese: セント (ja) (sento), 仙 (ja) (セント, sento)
Kazakh: цент (kk) (sent)
Khmer: សេន (km) (seen)
Korean: 센트 (senteu), 전 (ko) (jeon)
Kyrgyz: цент (tsent)
Lao: ເຊັນ (sen)
Latvian: cents m
Lithuanian: centas (lt) m
Louisiana Creole French: pinné, sou, éskalin
Macedonian: цент m (cent)
Malay: sen
Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: цент (cent)
- Mongolian: ᠼᠧᠨᠲ᠋ (cēnt)
Navajo: łichííʼí, tsindáo
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: cent (no) m
Persian: سنت‎ (fa) (sent)
Plautdietsch: Zent n
Polish: cent (pl) m
Portuguese: centavo (pt) m
Romanian: cent (ro) m
Russian: цент (ru) m (cent)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: це̏нт m
- Roman: cȅnt (sh) m
Slovak: cent (sk) m
Slovene: cent m
Spanish: centavo (es) m, céntimo (es) m, centésimo (es) m
Swahili: senti (sw)
Swedish: cent (sv) c
Tagalog: pera (tl)
Tajik: сент (sent)
Thai: เซ็นต์ (sen)
Turkish: sent (tr)
Turkmen: sent
Ukrainian: цент (uk) m (cent)
Urdu: سینٹ‎ (senṭ)
Uyghur: سىنىت‎ (sinit)
Uzbek: sent (uz)
Vietnamese: phần trăm (vi)
West Coast Bajau: sin
Yiddish: סענט‎ m (sent)

Bulgarian: цент m (cent)
Catalan: cèntim (ca) m
Central Melanau: sin
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 歐仙／欧仙 (au¹ sin¹)
- Mandarin: 歐分／欧分 (zh) (ōufēn)
Faroese: sent n
Finnish: sentti (fi)
French: centime (fr) m
German: Cent (de) m
Greek: λεπτό (el) n (leptó)
Hungarian: cent (hu), eurócent
Icelandic: sent (is) n
Indonesian: sen (id)
Irish: cent
Macedonian: цент m (cent)
Malay: sen
Polish: eurocent (pl) m, cent (pl) m
Portuguese: centavo (pt) m, cêntimo (pt) m
Russian: цент (ru) m (cent)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: це̏нт m
- Roman: cȅnt (sh) m
Swahili: senti (sw)
Swedish: cent (sv) c
West Coast Bajau: sin

Finnish: sentti (fi)
French: (pièce d'un) cent m (of dollar), (pièce d'un) centime m (of euro), cenne noire (fr) f (Canada)
German: Cent (de) m
Greek: ένα λεπτό n (éna leptó)
Hindi: सेंट (hi) m (seṇṭ)
Hungarian: egycentes
Irish: cent, ceint m
Italian: soldino m
Russian: цент (ru) m (cent)
Swahili: senti (sw)
Swedish: cent (sv) c

Anagrams

NCTE, tecn-

cent - Catalan

Pronunciation

(standard)

- (before the words "anys", "homes", "hores") IPA: /ˈsent/
- (any other position) IPA: /ˈsen/

(Valencian) and (Balearic) IPA: /ˈsent/
Homophone: sent

Numeral

cent m or f

(cardinal number) hundred

Usage notes

Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una (“1”), dos/dues (“2”), cents/centes (“100s”) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.

Derived terms

cent per cent
per cent

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

hundred

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

(music) cent (a hundredth of a half step)
(money) cent (a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro)

Related terms

cèntim (“a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit”)

cent - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /sɛnt/
Hyphenation: cent

Noun

cent f (plural centen, diminutive centje n)

(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder
(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: sent
Berbice Creole Dutch: sent
→ Caribbean Javanese: sèn
→ Indonesian: sen
→ Papiamentu: sèn, cens
→ Sranan Tongo: sensi
- → Caribbean Hindustani: señs
- → Saramaccan: seén

cent - Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA: [t͡sent]
Hyphenation: cent

Number

cent

hundred

Derived terms

ducent (“two hundred”)
elcento, pocento, procento (“percent”)
jarcento (“century”)
kvarcent (“four hundred”)
kvincent (“five hundred”)
naŭcent (“nine hundred”)
okcent (“eight hundred”)
sepcent (“seven hundred”)
sescent (“six hundred”)
tricent (“three hundred”)

cent - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /sɑ̃/, (liaison) /sɑ̃t‿/
Homophones: cents, san, sang, sangs, sans, sens, sent

Numeral

cent m (plural cents)

hundred

Derived terms

Related terms

centi-

Descendants

→ Garifuna: san
Haitian Creole: san

Pronunciation

IPA: /sɛnt/, /sɛn/
Homophone: cents

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

(money) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)
- Synonym: centime

Synonyms

(dollar): cenne (colloquial, Canada), sou (slang, North America)

Descendants

Haitian Creole: san
→ Arabic: سنت‎ (sant)
→ Garifuna: san

cent - Friulian

Numeral

cent

hundred

cent - Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈt͡sɛnt]
Hyphenation: cent

Noun

cent (plural centek)

(money) cent (a subunit of currency)
(informal) centilitre
- Synonym: centiliter

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cent	centek
accusative	centet	centeket
dative	centnek	centeknek
instrumental	centtel	centekkel
causal-final	centért	centekért
translative	centté	centekké
terminative	centig	centekig
essive-formal	centként	centekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	centben	centekben
superessive	centen	centeken
adessive	centnél	centeknél
illative	centbe	centekbe
sublative	centre	centekre
allative	centhez	centekhez
elative	centből	centekből
delative	centről	centekről
ablative	centtől	centektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	centé	centeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	centéi	centekéi

Possessive forms of cent
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	centem	centjeim
2nd person sing.	cented	centjeid
3rd person sing.	centje	centjei
1st person plural	centünk	centjeink
2nd person plural	centetek	centjeitek
3rd person plural	centjük	centjeik

Derived terms

centes
centnyi

Compound words

dollárcent
eurócent

cent - Ido

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡sɛnt/

Numeral

cent

hundred (100)

Pronunciation

IPA: /sent/, /t͡sent/

Noun

cent (plural cents or cent-i)

(numismatics) cent

cent - Italian

Noun

cent m (invariable)

cent (US coin)
euro cent (European coin)

cent - Lombard

Numeral

cent

hundred

cent - Occitan

Numeral

cent

hundred

Derived terms

centen

cent - Old French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA: /tsent/, (late) /sãnt/

Numeral

cent m (oblique plural cenz or centz, nominative singular cenz or centz, nominative plural cent)

one hundred

Descendants

Middle French: cent
- French: cent (see there for further descendants)
Walloon: cint
→ Dutch: cent (see there for further descendants)
→ English: cent (see there for further descendants)

cent - Polish

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡sɛnt/
Syllabification: cent

Noun

cent m anim

cent

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	cent	centy
genitive	centa	centów
dative	centowi	centom
accusative	centa	centy
instrumental	centem	centami
locative	cencie	centach
vocative	cencie	centy

cent - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡sênt/

Noun

cȅnt m (Cyrillic spelling це̏нт)

cent (hundredth of a dollar, euro, etc.)
(music) cent (hundredth of a semitone)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	cȅnt	cȅnti
genitive	centa	cȇntā
dative	centu	centima
accusative	cȅnt	cente
vocative	centu / cente	centi
locative	centu	centima
instrumental	centom	centima

cent - Spanish

Noun

cent m (plural cents)

cent (subunit of euro)
- Synonym: céntimo

cent - Swedish

Noun

cent c

cent; a subunit of currency

Declension

Declension of cent
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cent	centen	cent	centen
Genitive	cents	centens	cents	centens