hundredth
The person or thing in the hundredth positionThe person or thing in the hundredth position.
» He died a few days before his hundredth birthday.
Он умер за несколько дней до своего сотого дня рождения.
Он умер за несколько дней до своего столетия.
Он умер за несколько дней до своего столетнего дня рождения.
Meaning
2 sensesThe person or thing in the hundredth position.
Hundertster, Hundertste, Hundertstes
One of a hundred equal parts of a whole.
Hundertstel
сотаяsotaja
one part in a hundred equal parts
Examples
11 sentencesHe died a few days before his hundredth birthday.
ruОн умер за несколько дней до своего сотого дня рождения.
He died within a few days of his hundredth birthday.
Can we see the hundredth part of what exists?
He passed away several days before his hundredth birthday.
ruОн скончался за несколько дней до своего сотого дня рождения.
deEr ist ein paar Tage vor seinem hundertsten Geburtstag gestorben.
Eight hundredth, nine hundredth and one thousandth are ordinal numbers.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -tFrom Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th (ordinal suffix), displacing Old English hundtēontigoþa.
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Forms
plural: hundredthsSynonyms
2 synonyms- one part in a hundred equal parts:one-hundredthone percent