hundred

A2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

Also spelled hunderd and hund’d

US /ˈhʌn dɹəd/ UK /ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ See IPA manual

Freq #1049

Meanings

1

num
The number 100.

There were about a hundred people at the concert.
2

noun
A group or amount of 100.

Hundreds of people lost their homes in the flood.

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Synonyms

1 num · the number 100. one hundred

2 noun · a group or amount of 100. century

More centenarycentuplet

Word family

Forms hundreds

Derived forms hundohundred-handedhundred-legshundred-somethinghundred-thousandairehundred-thousandthhundred-year-oldhundredairehundredalhundredaryhundrederhundredfold

Related forms wapentake

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Simplified etymology

Hundred is an Old English formation combining hund, from an ancient root meaning “hundred,” with an element meaning “number” or “count.” The same ancient root produced Latin centum and Greek hekaton. Hundred also became the name of a county or shire division with its own court, possibly one originally comprising a hundred hides of land.

Etymology

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, Danish hundred.

hundred Old English *hundaradą Proto-Germanic *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Indo-European

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# hundred

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** num, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhʌn dɹəd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhʌn.dɹəd/
**Frequency rank:** 1049

## Meanings
1. The number 100.
2. A group or amount of 100.

## Examples
- There were about a hundred people at the concert.
- Hundreds of people lost their homes in the flood.

## Synonyms
- centenary
- centuplet

## Derived Forms
- hundo
- hundred-handed
- hundred-legs
- hundred-something
- hundred-thousandaire
- hundred-thousandth
- hundred-year-old
- hundredaire
- hundredal
- hundredary
- hundreder
- hundredfold

## Related Forms
- wapentake

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hundred
- Root: *hundaradą
- Root: *ḱm̥tóm

## Etymology
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, Danish hundred.

## AI Etymology
Hundred comes 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, Danish hundred. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “The number 100” and “A group or amount of 100”.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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