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hundredth

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/

The English word “hundredth” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. The ordinal form of the number one hundred.

noun

  1. The person or thing in the hundredth position.
  2. One of a hundred equal parts of a whole.

Etymology

From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th (ordinal suffix), displacing Old English hundtēontigoþa.

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