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centenary

/senˈtiː.nər.i/

Traduction: Relatif à une période de cent ans; qui marque le centième anniversaire d'un événement., Nom désignant le centième anniversaire d'un événement ou la célébration de cet anniversaire.

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adjective

C1formalbritish/senˈtiː.nər.i/

Relating to a period of one hundred years; marking the hundredth anniversary of an event.

  • 🇫🇷Relatif à une période de cent ans; qui marque le centième anniversaire d'un événement.
  1. Relating to a hundred-year period C1 formal british

    Of or relating to a period of one hundred years, or completing a century.

    • The town held a centenary celebration for the founding of the library.
    • A centenary monument was erected to mark the event.
    • The centenary anniversary of the company was a grand affair.

    🇫🇷centenaire (relatif à une période de cent ans)

    Synonymes: centennial

  • more centenary comparative form
  • most centenary superlative form

noun

B2formalcommon/senˈtiː.nər.i/

A noun referring to the 100th anniversary of an event or the celebration of that anniversary.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant le centième anniversaire d'un événement ou la célébration de cet anniversaire.
  1. 100th anniversary B2 formal british

    The 100th anniversary of an event, or the celebration of that anniversary.

    • The city is preparing for the centenary of its founding.
    • They held a grand parade to mark the centenary of the war's end.
    • The university celebrated its centenary with a series of lectures.

    🇫🇷centenaire (100e anniversaire)

    Synonymes: centennial

  • centenaries plural form
  • centenaries' possessive plural form
  • centenary's possessive singular form