Translations for „century“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

century <-ries> [ˈsentʃərɪ] N

1. century (100 years):

century

столе́тие nt

century

век m

the twentieth century

двадца́тый век m

a centuries-old custom

многовеково́й обы́чай m

2. century sports:

century

сто очко́в (в кри́кете)

Usage examples with century

the twentieth century

двадца́тый век m

nineteenth-century literature

литерату́ра f девятна́дцатого ве́ка

the turn of the century

нача́ло nt ве́ка [или столе́тия]

in the early 15th century

в нача́ле 15-го ве́ка

in the late nineteenth-century

в конце́ девятна́дцатого ве́ка

the first/second half of a century

пе́рвая/втора́я полови́на ве́ка

women's writing in the 19th century

сочине́ния nt мн же́нщин 19 ве́ка

I can trace my origins to the 4th century

мой род ведёт своё происхожде́ние от 4 ве́ка

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The religion gradually spread in the following centuries.

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There are several recensions of it, dating to between 7th and 11th centuries.

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