centenarian
/ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/US/ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/
centenarian noun: one who or that which is at least 100 years old.
Noun
centenarian (plural centenarians)
- One who or that which is at least 100 years old.
- The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.1894 October 19, “Sex and Long Life”, in Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of the Press Throughout the World on All Important Current Topics, volume LXVI, number 1,726, London
- With an estimated worldwide population of some 40,000 centenarians, only 22 percent are male.1994, Peter Matthews, Norris McWhirter (editors), The Guiness Book of World Records 1994, page 158
- Synonyms:
- centenary, hundred-year-old, supercentenarian
Adjective
centenarian (comparative more centenarian, superlative most centenarian)
centenarian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
centenarian in Hindi
- a 100-year-old person
- शतकवीर śatakvīr
centenarian in Tamil
- நூறு வயதானவர், நூறு வயதான
centenarian in Telugu
- a 100-year-old person
- శతాయుష్మంతుడు śatāyuṣmantuḍu
centenarian in Kannada
- ಶತಾಯು, ಶತಾಯುಷಿ, ನೂರು ವರ್ಷದ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನವನು, ನೂರು ವರ್ಷದ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನವಳು
More languagesFewer languages
- centenarian in Tagalog
- sasandaanin
Examples of centenarian in a sentence
- First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.2003, Kit Anderson, Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees: Live Oaks and Ceibas in the Landscapes of Louisiana and Guatemala, University of...
- Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.2014 September 18, Gregg Easterbrook, “What Happens When We All Live to 100?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
Synonyms of centenarian
- centenary
- hundred-year-old
- supercentenarian
Forms of centenarian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | centenarians |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more centenarian |
| superlative | most centenarian |
Origin of centenarian
From Latin centēnārius + -an, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”).
Words formed from centenarian
- centenarianism
- semicentenarian
- ultracentenarian (100+)
- semisupercentenarian (105–109)
- supercentenarian (110+)
- supracentenarian (110+)
- sesquicentenarian (150–159)
- bicentenarian (200–299)
- multicentenarian (200+)
- tricentenarian (300–399)
- quadricentenarian (400–499)
- quincentenarian (500–599)
Questions about centenarian
- What does centenarian mean?
- Centenarian means one who or that which is at least 100 years old.
- What is centenarian in Hindi?
- Centenarian in Hindi is शतकवीर (śatakvīr). See Centenarian meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use centenarian in a sentence?
- First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.
- What part of speech is centenarian?
- Centenarian can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce centenarian?
- Centenarian is pronounced /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/ (US).
- What is the plural of centenarian?
- The plural of centenarian is centenarians.
Words near centenarian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: centenarian (page history and authors); centenarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); centenarian (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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