centaine

French

Etymology

cent + -aine

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tɛn/
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Noun

centaine f (plural centaines)

  1. hundred, about a hundred, about one hundred
    une période de plusieurs centaines d'années
    a period of several hundred years
    Même si je perdais la plupart de mes livres, il m'en resterait au moins une centaine, sinon plus.
    Even if I lost most of my books, I'd still have at least about a hundred left, if not more.
  2. (in plural) hundreds (in arithmetic)

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