English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʃɛnˈtɛzᵻməʊ/

Noun

centesimo ‎(plural centesimos or centesimi)

1. (now historical) A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira. [from 19th c.]

Etymology 2

From Spanish centésimo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtɛzᵻməʊ/

Noun

centesimo ‎(plural centesimos)

1. A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile. [from 19th c.]
   • 2005, The Guardian, 12 November:

     And if they were talking 3-5-2, it referred only to the centesimos they were cutting, filing and preparing to throw at the Australian players from the stands throughout the match.

Italian

Adjective

centesimo m ‎(feminine singular centesima, masculine plural centesimi, feminine plural centesime)

1. hundredth

Noun

centesimo m ‎(plural centesimi)

1. (ordinal numbers) hundredth
2. (numismatics) cent
3. (numismatics) penny

Related terms

• centesimale
• cento

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Anagrams

• cimentose

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kenˈteː.si.moː/, [kɛnˈteː.sɪ.moː]

Etymology 1

From centēsimus ‎(“hundredth”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

centēsimō ‎(present infinitive centēsimāre, perfect active centēsimāvī, supine centēsimātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I centesimate (to select one person in every hundred for a punishment)

Inflection

Derived terms

• centēsimātiō

Descendants

• English: centesimate

Etymology 2

Numeral

centēsimō

1. dative masculine singular of centēsimus
2. dative neuter singular of centēsimus
3. ablative masculine singular of centēsimus
4. ablative neuter singular of centēsimus

References

• centesimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “centesimo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.