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hundredth

/ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/
/ˈhʌndɹə(t)θ/

Rhymes with -ʌndɹədθ

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From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th (ordinal suffix), displacing Old English hundtēontigoþa.

adjective hundreth

not comparable The ordinal form of the number one hundred. This being Woodie Guthrie’s a hundredth birthday, in the centerpiece of this year’s South by Southwest Conference, I’m also gonna talk a little bit about my musical development and where it intersected with Woodie’s and why.
Similar: 100th, 100ᵗʰ

noun hundredths · hundreth

The person or thing in the hundredth position.
One of a hundred equal parts of a whole. We humans are so stuck in the middle of the cosmic scales — in average height, one-hundredth of one-septillionth (10^-24) the size of the observable universe, and with typical life spans of a couple octillion attoseconds. And an attosecond is an eternity compared with the lifetime of the elusive Hig

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adj ordinal of 100 — see also 100th

Español	centésimo
한국어	백째 baekjjae
हिन्दी	शततम śattam, सौवाँ sauvā̃
Português	centésimo
Français	centième
Deutsch	hundertste, einhundertste
Italiano	centesimo
Ελληνικά	εκατοστός ekatostós
Română	al o sutălea
Русский	со́тый sótyj
Tiếng Việt	thứ một trăm
العربية	مائة māʔa

noun person or thing in the hundredth position

Español	centésimo, centésima
हिन्दी	सौवाँ sauvā̃, सौवें sauvẽ, सौवीं sauvī̃
Português	centésimo, centésima
Français	centième
Deutsch	Hundertster, Hundertste, Hundertstes
Italiano	centesimo, centesima
Ελληνικά	εκατοστός ekatostós
Română	sutălea

noun one of a hundred equal parts of a whole

Español	centésimo, céntimo, centavo
हिन्दी	सौवाँ sauvā̃
Português	centésimo
Français	centième
Deutsch	Hundertstel
Italiano	centesimo
Ελληνικά	εκατοστό ekatostó
Română	sutime
Русский	сотая sotaja

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@misc{hundredth_2026,
  title = {hundredth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hundredth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}