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centum

UK
/ˈsɛntəm/
US
/ˈsɛn.təm/

Translations

centumnoun
centums
pl
UK
/ˈsɛntəm/
US
/ˈsɛntəm/
The centum group of Indo-European languages includes Latin and Greek.
Центумная группа индоевропейских языков включает латинский и греческий.
centumadjective
UK
/ˈsɛntəm/
US
/ˈsɛn.təm/

Definitions

centumnoun
One of the two major branches of the Indo-European language family, comprising languages that merged the Proto-Indo-European palatovelars with the velars (e.g. Latin, Greek, the Germanic languages).
Latin is a centum language, whereas Sanskrit is a satem language.
Archaic. The number one hundred, occurring chiefly in the phrase “per centum”.
The contract allowed an interest charge not exceeding six per centum per annum.
centumadjective
Relating to a group of Indo-European languages that retain the original velar stops as k-sounds.
Latin is considered a centum language because it retains the original velar stops.
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