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Centum

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Translation of "centum" into Russian

centum
Noun
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centum
centums pl
центум
The centum group of Indo-European languages includes Latin and Greek.
Центумная группа индоевропейских языков включает латинский и греческий.

Definitions

centum
Noun
raiting
One of the two major branches of the Indo-European language family, comprising languages that merged the Proto-Indo-European palatovelars with the velars (e.g. Latin, Greek, the Germanic languages).
Latin is a centum language, whereas Sanskrit is a satem language.
Archaic. The number one hundred, occurring chiefly in the phrase “per centum”.
The contract allowed an interest charge not exceeding six per centum per annum.
centum
Adjective
raiting
Relating to a group of Indo-European languages that retain the original velar stops as k-sounds.
Latin is considered a centum language because it retains the original velar stops.