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Dictionary: cen·ten·a·ry   (sĕn-tĕn'ə-rē, sĕn'tə-nĕr'ē) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Of or relating to a 100-year period.
  2. Occurring once every 100 years.
n., pl., -ries.
  1. A 100-year period.
  2. A centennial.

[Latin centēnārius, of a hundred, from centum, hundred.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the 100th anniversary
  Synonym: centennial


The adjective centenary has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
  Synonym: centennial
  Pertains to noun: century (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hundredeårsdag
adj. - hundredeårs-

Nederlands (Dutch)
eeuwfeest, honderdjarig, eenmaal per honderd jaar

Français (French)
n. - centenaire
adj. - du centenaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hundertjahrfeier
adj. - hundertjährig, alle hundert Jahre stattfindend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκατονταετηρίδα
adj. - εκατονταετήριος

Italiano (Italian)
centenario, centennio, centenne

Português (Portuguese)
n. - centenário (m), centênio (m), centésimo aniversário (m)
adj. - centenário, centurial

Русский (Russian)
столетие, столетний

Español (Spanish)
n. - conmemoración
adj. - secular

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hundraårsperiod, hundraårsdag
adj. - hundraårs-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
一百年, 一百年的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一百年
adj. - 一百年的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 100년제
adj. - 100년 마다의, 100년제의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 百周年記念日の, 百の, 百年ごとの
n. - 百周年記念日, 百年祭, 百年間

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ذكرى مرمر مائه عام على حدث, العيد المئوي (صفه) ما يحدث كل مئه عام, ما يخص الذكرى المئويه لحدث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יובל המאה, חגיגת יובל המאה‬
adj. - ‮של מאה שנה, קורה פעם במאה שנה‬


 
 
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