hundred

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Also spelled hunderd and hund’d

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

num noun adj 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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1 num · the number 100. one hundred

2 noun · a group or amount of 100. century

More centenarycentuplet

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Forms hundreds

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

Related forms wapentake

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, adj
**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”.

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- Numbers & Quantity

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