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hundred

/ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ UK
/-dɹɪd/ UK
/ˈhʌnd͡ʒɹəd/ British, Southern, Standard
/-d͡ʒɹɪd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ Canada, US
/-dɹɪd/ Canada, US
/ˈhʊndɹəd/ Northern England
/ˈhʌndɾəd/ Scotland, Wales
/ˈhʌn.dəɹd/ nonstandard
/ˈhʌndəɹt/ dialectal, nonstandard
/ˈhʌnəɹt/
/ˈhʌn.d͡ʒəɹd/ nonstandard, rare

Where it comes from

From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, hundert, Danish hundred.

number hundreds · 100 · C · hecto- · hunnert

A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten. hundreds of thousands of faces.
Similar: cent, fivescore, one hundred, short hundred, teenty
The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes. “Okay. You head over to City Hall East. I'll meet you there. The briefing starts at eleven hundred, sharp.”

noun hundreds · 100 · C · hecto- · hunnert

A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
Similar: Franklin, yard, c-note
historical An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
broadly, historical Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
US, broadly, historical A subdivision once used in parts of the United States and still in use in Delaware solely for the purpose of real estate descriptions.
A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman. He made a hundred in the historic match.
Similar: century
Norfolk, collective, historical Six score of casts of crabs (a score is twenty; a cast is two), totaling two hundred and forty crabs. Coordinate term: cast

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: centred, c, century, cardinal, a hundred, one c, one hundred, dime, penny, cent, wto, percent, quarter, bermuda, total, soe

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num cardinal number 100

Español	cien, ciento, centena, centenada, centenar, centenal
한국어	백 baek
日本語	百
中文	百 bǎi
हिन्दी	सौ sau, १००, सैकड़ा saikṛā
Kiswahili	mia
Português	cem, cento
Français	cent
Deutsch	hundert, einhundert, Hundert
Italiano	cento
Ελληνικά	εκατό ekató, εκατόν ekatón
Română	sută
Русский	сто sto, со́тня sótnja
Tiếng Việt	một trăm, trăm
العربية	مِٱئَة miʔa, مِئَة miʔa, ١٠٠
עברית	מֵאָה me'á

noun historical: administrative division

Русский	со́тня sótnja

noun hundred-dollar (-euro, etc.) bill

日本語	100ドル札 hyakudorusatsu
Deutsch	Hunderter
Ελληνικά	κατοστάρικο katostáriko
Română	bancnotă de o sută
Русский	со́тня sótnja, со́тенная sótennaja, сторублёвка storubljóvka, стодолларо́вка stodollaróvka

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@misc{hundred_2026,
  title = {hundred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hundred},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}