Meanings
centennial1
- not comparableRelating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
a centennial ode
- not comparableLasting or aged a hundred years.
In her grand villa, half-way up the hill, / O'erlooking Florence, but retired and still; / With iron gates, that opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines, […]
1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Student’s Tale. The Falcon of Ser Federigo.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 34
plural centennials
- The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
Synonyms: centenary
Centennial2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincentennis
- Late Latincentennium
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcentennial
From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years, century”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian стогодишнина
- стогодишнина (stogodišnina)100th anniversary
Catalan centenari
- centenari100th anniversary
Czech sté výročí
- sté výročí100th anniversary
Danish hundredårsdag
- hundredårsdag100th anniversary
Dutch eeuwfeest
- eeuwfeest100th anniversary
Finnish satavuotispäivä
- satavuotispäivä100th anniversary
French centenaire
- centenaire100th anniversary
German Hundertjahrfeier, hundertster Jahrestag
- Hundertjahrfeier100th anniversary
- hundertster Jahrestag100th anniversary
Greek εκατονταετηρίδα
- εκατονταετηρίδα (ekatontaetirída)100th anniversary
Hungarian centenárium
- centenárium100th anniversary
Italian centenario
- centenario100th anniversary
Japanese センテニアル
- センテニアル (senteniaru)100th anniversary
Latvian simtgadu
- simtgadu100th anniversary
Lithuanian šimtmetis
- šimtmetis100th anniversary
Norwegian hundreårsdag
- hundreårsdag100th anniversary
Polish stulecie
- stulecie100th anniversary
Portuguese centenário
- centenário100th anniversary
Romanian centenar
- centenar100th anniversary
Russian столе́тие, столе́тняя годовщи́на
- столе́тие (stolétije)100th anniversary
- столе́тняя годовщи́на (stolétnjaja godovščína)100th anniversary
Scottish Gaelic cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna
- cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna100th anniversary
Slovak storočnica
- storočnica100th anniversary
Spanish centenario
- centenario100th anniversary
Swedish hundraårsdag
- hundraårsdag100th anniversary
Turkish yüzüncü yıldönümü
- yüzüncü yıldönümü100th anniversary
Cite this entry
centennial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centennial
“centennial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centennial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centennial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centennial.
Source: centennial on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.