century

[US]/'sentʃʊrɪ/
[UK]/'sɛntʃəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. une période de cent ans ; un score de cent courses au cricket.
Word Forms
Plurielcenturies

Phrases & Collocations

a century ago

il y a un siècle

st century

siècle

century-old tradition

tradition séculaire

last century

le siècle dernier

new century

nouveau siècle

century-long history

histoire de plusieurs siècles

the twentieth century

le vingtième siècle

century park

parc du siècle

century hotel

hôtel du siècle

the fifth century

le cinquième siècle

quarter century

un quart de siècle

Example Sentences

one of the century's elect.

l'un des élus du siècle.

nineteenth century French anecdotal paintings.

Peintures anecdotiques françaises du XIXe siècle.

the creation of the factory system by nineteenth-century capitalists.

la création du système d'usine par les capitalistes du XIXe siècle.

the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry.

le premier grand tournant majeur de la poésie du XXe siècle.

the greater part of the century was a time of content.

la plus grande partie du siècle fut une période de contentement.

20th century popular culture.

culture populaire du XXe siècle.

the cloister is of late twelfth century design.

le cloître est de conception de fin XIIe siècle.

the fifth century <sc>bc</sc>.

le cinquième siècle <sc>bc</sc>.

nineteenth-century ideas about drinking.

les idées du XIXe siècle sur la consommation d'alcool.

the legacy of centuries of neglect.

l'héritage de siècles de négligence.

the operetta is a pastiche of 18th century style.

l'opérette est une parodie du style du XVIIIe siècle.

the nineteenth century was pre-eminently the Railway Age.

le XIXe siècle fut avant tout l'âge du chemin de fer.

the sexpartite vault is of 12th-century construction.

la voûte sexpartite est de construction du XIIe siècle.

a stately 19th-century mansion.

un manoir de style XVIIIe siècle.

Real-world Examples

Now I've lived politics for half a century.

J'ai vécu la politique pendant plus d'un demi-siècle.

Source: May's Speech Compilation

However it disappeared during the last few centuries.

Cependant, cela a disparu au cours des derniers siècles.

Source: Model Essay for Full Marks in English Gaokao

Punting began in the early 20th century.

Le punting a commencé au début du 20e siècle.

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

And these not until the early th century.

Et cela n'a pas eu lieu avant le début du XIXe siècle.

Source: English little tyrant

It was the eighth time that happened this century.

C'était la huitième fois que cela se produisait ce siècle.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2021 Collection

It's not that, not the century for those yet.

Ce n'est pas ça, ce n'est pas le siècle pour eux encore.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

That belief informed much of HBR's first century.

Cette conviction a influencé une grande partie du premier siècle de HBR.

Source: Harvard Business Review

The workshop dates back to the late 18th century.

L'atelier remonte à la fin du XVIIIe siècle.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

As that lava cooled over decades, even centuries, it contracted.

Alors que cette lave se refroidissait sur des décennies, voire des siècles, elle se contractait.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

They had been buried in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Ils avaient été enterrés aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.

Source: VOA Special February 2017 Collection

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