twelve hundred

1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) cien

2) (the figure 100.) cien

3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) cien años

4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) cientos (de)

1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.) cientos

2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) cien años, centenario

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hundred num

1. cien / ciento

2. centenar

tr['hʌndrəd]

noun

1 cien

■ a hundred volunteers cien voluntarios

■ a hundred and ten kilos ciento diez kilos

■ five hundred years ago hace quinientos años

■ it costs two hundred euros cuesta doscientas euros

■ a hundred and fifty cars ciento cincuenta coches

■ in the eighteen hundreds en el siglo diecinueve

■ he lived to be a hundred llegó a los cien años

plural noun hundreds

1 (many) centenares nombre masculino plural, cientos nombre masculino plural

■ there were hundreds of cyclists había centenares de ciclistas

■ there are hundreds of ways to save money hay cientos de maneras de ahorrar dinero

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a hundred per cent (literally) ciento por ciento 2 (figuratively) totalmente

■ a hundred per cent of the votes have been counted el ciento por ciento de los votos han sido escrutados

■ I agree with you a hundred per cent estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo

hundred ['hʌndrəd] adj

: cien, ciento

hundred n, pl - dreds or - dred : ciento m

• cien (to) adj.

• centena s.f.

• centenar s.m.

• cien s.m.

noun cien m

1. N

1)

2) (=figure) ciento m

3) (=large number)

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noun cien m

n. e a. (pl. hundreds, hundred)

cento; centinaio: a (o one) hundred men, cento uomini; a hundred pounds, cento sterline; a hundred and twelve, centododici; two [three, four] hundred, duecento [trecento, quattrocento]; a few hundred soldiers, alcune centinaia di soldati; hundreds of people, centinaia di persone; in hundreds, a centinaia; There are a hundred of them, sono in cento; one in a hundred, uno su cento; a hundred-metre drop, un dislivello di cento metri

● the hundred-and-first, il centunesimo □ (alim.) hundreds and thousands, granella di zucchero multicolore; confettini multicolori □ a (o one) hundred per cent, al cento per cento; completamente: I'm not a hundred per cent sure, non sono sicuro al cento per cento □ (stor.) the Hundred Years War, la Guerra dei cent'anni.

1) hundert

2)

3)

1) (number) hundert

2) (symbol, written figure) Hundert, die; (hundred-pound etc. note) Hunderter, der

3) (indefinite amount) hundreds Hunderte Pl.

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1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) das Hundert

2) (the figure 100.) die Hundert

3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) das Hundert

4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) der Hunderter

1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.) hundert

2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) hundert

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I. n

<pl ->

(number) Hundert f

the chances are one in a \hundred that he'll live die Chancen stehen eins zu hundert, dass er überlebt

sixty out of a \hundred agree with the president sechzig von hundert stimmen dem Präsidenten zu

I'll bet you a \hundred to one my team will win ich wette hundert zu eins, dass meine Mannschaft gewinnt

two/three/eight \hundred zwei-/drei-/achthundert

this new car is selling by the \hundreds dieses Auto wird zu Hunderten verkauft

\hundreds and \hundreds Hunderte und aber Hunderte

\hundreds of cars/people/pounds Hunderte von Autos/Leuten/Pfund

<pl ->

to drive a \hundred hundert [o fam mit hundert Sachen] fahren

<pl ->

to be/turn a \hundred hundert Jahre alt sein/werden

to live to be a \hundred hundert Jahre alt werden

4. (with centuries)

the eighteen/fifteen/twelve \hundreds das achtzehnte/fünfzehnte/zwölfte Jahrhundert

II. adj attr, inv hundert

we've driven a \hundred miles in the last hour wir sind in der letzten Stunde [ein]hundert Meilen gefahren

a \hundred and one/five/nine [ein]hundert[und]eins/-fünf/-neun

\hundred and first/second/fifth hundert[und]erste(r, s)/-zweite(r, s)/-fünfte(r, s)

to feel a \hundred per cent fit sich akk hundertprozentig fit fühlen

to work a \hundred per cent hundertprozentig arbeiten

never in a \hundred years nie im Leben

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1. adj

2. n

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hundred [ˈhʌndrəd; US auch -dərd]

A adj

1. hundert:

a (one) hundred (ein)hundert;

several hundred men mehrere hundert Mann

2. oft a hundred and one hunderterlei, zahllose

B s

1. Hundert n (Einheit):

hundreds and hundreds Hunderte und Aberhunderte;

by the hundred, by hundreds hundertweise, immer hundert auf einmal;

several hundred mehrere Hundert;

hundreds of thousands Hunderttausende;

hundreds of times hundertmal;

a great ( oder long) hundred hundertzwanzig

2. Hundert f (Zahl)

3. MATH Hunderter m

4. Br HIST Zent f (Unterbezirk einer Grafschaft)

5. US HIST Bezirk m, Kreis m (nur noch in Delaware)

6. hundreds and thousands GASTR Liebesperlen

h., H. abk

1. height H

2. hour ( hours pl) Std.; Uhr (bei Zeitangaben)

3. hundred

4. husband

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1) hundert

2)

3)

1) (number) hundert

2) (symbol, written figure) Hundert, die; (hundred-pound etc. note) Hunderter, der

3) (indefinite amount) hundreds Hunderte Pl.

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hundert adj.

hun·dred [ʼhʌndrəd] n

1) <pl -> ( number) Hundert f;

the chances are one in a \hundred that he'll live die Chancen stehen eins zu hundert, dass er überlebt;

sixty out of a \hundred agree with the president sechzig von hundert stimmen dem Präsidenten zu;

I'll bet you a \hundred to one my team will win ich wette hundert zu eins, dass meine Mannschaft gewinnt;

two/ three/eight \hundred zwei-/drei-/achthundert;

this new car is selling by the \hundreds dieses Auto wird zu Hunderten verkauft;

\hundreds and \hundreds Hunderte und aber Hunderte;

\hundreds of cars/ people/ pounds Hunderte von Autos/Leuten/Pfund

2) <pl -> (miles, kilometres per hour)

to drive a \hundred hundert [o ( fam) mit hundert Sachen] fahren

3) pl -> ( years old)

to be/turn a \hundred hundert Jahre alt sein/werden;

to live to be a \hundred hundert Jahre alt werden

4) ( with centuries)

the eighteen/ fifteen/twelve \hundreds das achtzehnte/fünfzehnte/zwölfte Jahrhundert adj

attr, inv hundert;

we've driven a \hundred miles in the last hour wir sind in der letzten Stunde [ein]hundert Meilen gefahren;

a \hundred and one/ five/ nine [ein]hundert[und]eins/-fünf/-neun;

\hundred and first/ second/ fifth hundert[und]erste(r, s)/-zweite(r, s)/-fünfte(r, s);

to feel a \hundred per cent fit sich akk hundertprozentig fit fühlen;

to work a \hundred per cent hundertprozentig arbeiten;

never in a \hundred years nie im Leben

(pl. hundruð), n. hundred; tírœtt h. = 100; tólfrœtt h. = 120; hundruðum, by (in) hundreds; as value, one hundred and twenty ells of the stuff wadmal; h. frítt, a hundred paid in cattle; tólf hundruð mórend, twelve hundred in dark-striped wadmal; hundrað silfrs, ? the silver value of 120 ells (= 20 ounces).

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n. pl. hundruð; the form hund- (q. v.) only occurs in a few old compd words: [Goth. hunda, pl.; A. S. hund; O. H. G. hunt; the extended form in Hel. and old Frank, hundered; Germ. hundert; Dan. hundrede; Swed. hundra; the inflexive syllable is prob. akin to - ræðr in átt-ræðr]:—a hundred; the Scandinavians of the heathen time (and perhaps also all Teutonic people) seem to have known only a duo-decimal hundred (= 12 × 10 or 120); at that time 100 was expressed by tíu-tíu, cp. Ulf. taihun-taihund = ten-teen; Pal Vídalín says,—hundrað tólfrætt er sannlega frá heiðni til vor komið, en hið tíræða er líkast að Norðrlönd hafi ekki vitað af fyrr en Kristni kom hér og með henni lærdómr þeirrar aldar, Skýr. s. v. Hundrað (fine): but with the introduction of Christianity came in the decimal hundred, the two being distinguished by adjectives,—tólfrætt hundrað = 120, and tírætt hundrað = 100. But still the old popular duodecimal system continued in almost all matters concerned with economical or civil life, in all law phrases, in trade, exchange, property, value, or the like, and the decimal only in ecclesiastical or scholastic matters (chronology, e. g. Íb. ch. 1, 10). At the same time the word in speech and writing was commonly used without any specification of tírætt or tólfrætt, for, as Pal Vídalín remarks, every one acquainted with the language knew which was meant in each case; even at the present time an Icel. farmer counts his flocks and a fisherman his share (hlutr) by the duodecimal system; and everybody knows that a herd or share of one hundred and a half means 120 + 60 = 180. In old writers the popular way of counting is now and then used even in chronology and in computation, e. g. when Ari Frode (Íb. ch. 4) states that the year consists of three hundred and four days (meaning 364); the census of franklins given by the same writer (where the phrase is hundruð heil = whole or full hundreds) is doubtless reckoned by duodecimal, not decimal hundreds, Íb. ch. 10; and in the census of priests and churches taken by bishop Paul (about A. D. 1200) ‘tíræð’ is expressively added, lest duodecimal hundreds should be understood, Bs. i. 136. The Landn. (at end) contains a statement (from Ari?) that Iceland continued pagan for about a hundred years, i. e. from about 874–997 A. D. In the preface to Ólafs S., Snorri states that two duodecimal hundreds (tvau hundruð tólfræð) elapsed from the first colonisation of Iceland before historical writing began (i. e. from about A. D. 874–1115): levies of ships and troops are in the laws and Sagas counted by duodecimal hundreds, e. g. the body-guard of king Olave consisted of a hundred hirð-men, sixty house-carles and sixty guests, in all ‘two hundred’ men, i. e. 240, Mork. 126; the sons of earl Strút-Harald had a hundred men, of whom eighty were billetted out and forty returned, Fms. xi. 88, 89; hálft hundrað, a half hundred = sixty, Mork. l. c.

2. a division of troops = 120; hundraðs-flokkr, Fms. vi. (in a verse).

II. in indef. sense, hundreds, a host, countless number, see hund-, as also in the adverb, phrase, hundruðum, by hundreds (indefinitely), Fms. vi. 407, Þiðr. 275, 524: in mod. usage as adjective and indecl., except the pl. in -uð, thus hundruð ásauðum, Dipl. iv. 10.

B. As value, a hundred, i. e. a hundred and twenty ells of the stuff wadmal, and then simply value to that amount (as a pound sterling in English). All property, real as well as personal, is even at present in Icel. taxed by hundreds; thus an estate is a ‘twenty, sixty, hundred’ estate; a franklin gives his tithable property as amounting to so and so many hundreds. As for the absolute value of a hundred, a few statements are sufficient, thus e. g. a milch cow, or six ewes with lambs, counts for a hundred, and a hundrað and a kúgildi (cow’s value) are equal: the charge for the alimentation of a pauper for twelve months was in the law (Jb. 165) fixed to four hundred and a half for a male person, but three hundred and a half for a female; cp. also the phrase, það er ekki hundrað í hættunni, there is no hundred at stake, no great risk! In olden times a double standard was used,—the wool or wadmal standard, called hundrað talið = a hundred by tale, i. e. a hundred and twenty ells as stated above, and a silver standard, called hundrað vegit, a hundred by weight, or hundrað silfrs, a hundred in silver, amounting to two marks and a half = twenty ounces = sixty örtugar; but how the name hundred came to be applied to it is not certain, unless half an örtug was taken as the unit. It is probable that originally both standards were identical, which is denoted by the phrase, sex álna eyrir, six ells to an ounce, or a hundred and twenty ells equal to twenty ounces (i. e. wadmal and silver at par); but according as the silver coinage was debased, the phrases varied between nine, ten, eleven, twelve ells to an ounce (N. G. L. i. 80, 81, 387, 390, passim), which denote bad silver; whereas the phrase ‘three ells to an ounce’ (þriggja álna eyrir, Sturl. i. 163, passim, or a hundred in wadmal equal to half a hundred in silver) must refer either to a double ell or to silver twice as pure: the passage in Grág. i. 500 is somewhat obscure, as also Rd. 233: the words vegin, silfrs, or talin are often added, but in most cases no specification is given, and the context must shew which of the two standards is there meant; the wool standard is the usual one, but in cases of weregild the silver standard seems always to be understood; thus a single weregild (the fine for a man’s life) was one hundred, Njála passim.

2. the phrases, hundrað frítt, a hundred paid in cattle, Finnb. 236; tólf hundruð mórend, twelve hundred in dark striped wadmal, Nj. 225; hundrað í búsgögnum ok í húsbúningi, Vm. 65; hundraðs-gripr, hestr, hross, kapall, hvíla, sæng, rekkja, psaltari, etc., a beast, a horse, a bed, etc., of a hundred’s value, Am. 2, 10, Vm. 25, 39, 60, 153, Jm. 3, 30; hundraðs-úmagi, a person whose maintenance costs a hundred, Vm. 156; hundraðs virði, a hundred’s value, 68. For references see the Sagas and laws passim, and for more information see Mr. Dasent’s Essay in Burnt Njal.

C. A hundred, a political division which in olden times was common to all Teut. nations, but is most freq. in old Swedish laws, where several hundreds made a hérað or shire; cp. the A. S. and Engl. hundred, Du Cange hundredum; old Germ. hunderti, see Grimm’s Rechts Alterthümer; the centum pagi of Caesar, Bell. Gall. iv. ch. 1, is probably the Roman writer’s misconception of the Teut. division of land into hundreds; this is also the case with Tacit. Germ. ch. 12: cp. the Swed. local names Fjaðrunda-land, Áttundaland, and Tíunda-land, qs. Fjaðr-hunda land, Átthunda land, Tíhunda land, i. e. a combination of four, eight, ten hundreds. The original meaning was probably a community of a hundred and twenty franklins or captains. This division is not found in Icel.

adj. twelve hundred, one thousand and two hundred, being 1200 in number

n. twelve hundred, one thousand and two hundred, number 1200

zen.

1. thousand; bi \mila two thousand

2. (esa.) \mila esker many thanks | a thousand thanks; baina ai, ai, ai eta \milatan ai but oh my!, oh my!, oh my! and a thousand times oh my!

м.
1. см. нуль;

2. спорт. nil;
счёт ноль: ноль there is no score;
они выиграли со счётом три: ноль they won three nil;
~-~: он придёт в пять ~-~ he will arrive at
3. 00 hours.

1) = нуль

2) спорт nil

3) (при указании времени) flat, exactly

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two-hundredth; dwusetna rocznica śmierci poety two-hundredth anniversary of the poet's death; dwusetny odcinek telenoweli two-hundredth episode of the television serial; rok tysiąc dwusetny the year twelve hundred.

(gen. friðar), m.

1) peace, personal security. biðja e-n friðar, to sue for peace;

2) love, friendship frið at kaupa, to purchase (thy) love.

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adj., neut. frítt, compar. fríðari, superl. fríðastr, [a Scandin. word, not found either in A. S. or Germ.]:—fair, beautiful, handsome, chiefly of the face; fríðr sýnum, Eg. 22. 23, Nj. 2, Fas. i. 387, Fms. i. 2, 17: fine, lið mikit ok frítt, 32, vii. 231; mikit skip ok frítt, Fagrsk.; fríð veizla, Fb. ii. 120; með friðu föruneyti, Ld. 22: metaph. specious, unfair, Fms. x. 252.

II. paid in kind; tólf hundruð fríð, twelve hundred head of cattle in payment, Finnb. 226; tólf álnum fríðum, Dipl. ii. 20; hve margir aurar skulu í gripum ( in valuables), eða hve margir fríðir ( in cattle), Grág. i. 136; arfi ens fríða en eigi ens ófríða, he inherits the cattle but not the other property, 221; fjóra tigi marka silfrs fríðs, forty marks of silver paid in cattle, Eg. 526, v. l. Icel. at present call all payment in kind ‘í fríðu,’ opp. to cash; í fríðu ok úfríðu, H. E. i. 561.

III. as noun in fem. pr. names, Hólm-fríðr, Hall-fríðr, etc., Landn.; and Fríða, u, f. as a term of endearment for these pr. names.

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hundred

per cento per cent

cento per cento one hundred per cent

cento di questi giorni many happy returns

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cento agg.num.card. e s.m. hundred: cento giorni, a (o one) hundred days; un'automobile da cento cavalli, a one hundred horsepower car; una persona su cento, one person in a hundred (o out of a hundred); te l'ho detto cento volte, I have told you a hundred times (o again and again); cento è il numero massimo delle iscrizioni possibili, one (o a) hundred is the maximum number of enrolments; è stato stabilito il nuovo record mondiale nei cento stile libero, a new world record was established for the hundred metres freestyle // cento di questi giorni!, many happy returns of the day! // sconto del cinque per cento, five percent discount; interesse del dodici per cento, twelve per cent (o percent) interest; a quanto per cento?, at what percentage?; far pagare un interesse del dieci per cento, to charge interest at ten per cent // la Guerra dei Cento Anni, the Hundred Years' War // al cento per cento, absolutely (o completely): ti garantisco la mia presenza al cento per cento, I will definitely be there // farsi in cento, to fall over oneself (o to do everything in one's power).

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1. agg inv

2. sm inv

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aggettivo invariabile

1) hundred

2) per cento per cent

sostantivo maschile invariabile hundred

sostantivo maschile plurale sport

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cento

/'t∫εnto/ ⇒ 26, 8

I aggettivo invariabile

 1 hundred; una banconota da cento euro a one hundred euro note; ti ho già detto cento volte di non farlo! I've already told you a hundred times not to do it! cento di questi giorni! many happy returns!

 2 per cento per cent; al cento per cento a hundred per cent (anche fig.)

II m.inv.

 hundred

III m.pl.

  sport correre i cento to run in the hundred metres.

द्वि num. a. (Nom. du. द्वौ m., द्वे f., द्वे n.) Two, both; सद्यः परस्परतुलामधिरोहतां द्वे R.5.68. (N. B. In comp. द्वा is sub- stituted for द्वि necessarily before दशन्, विंशति and त्रिंशत् and optionally before चत्वारिंशत्, पञ्चाशत्, षष्टि, सप्तति and नवति, द्वि remaining unchanged before अशीति.) [cf. L. duo, bis or bi in comp.; Gr. duo, dis; Zend dva; A. S. twi.]

-Comp. -अक्ष a. two-eyed, binocular. द्व्यक्षीं त्र्यक्षीं ललाटाक्षीम् Mb.

-अक्षर a. dissyllabic. (

-रः) a word of two syllables.

-अङ्गुल a. two fingers long. (

-लम्) two fingers' length.

-अणुकम् an aggregate or molecule of two atoms, a diad. विषयो द्व्यणुकादिस्तु ब्रह्माण्डान्त उदाहृतः Bhāṣāparichchheda.

-अन्तर a. separated by two inter- mediate links.

-अर्थ a.

1 having two senses.

-2 ambi- guous, equivocal.

-3 having two objects in view. ˚कर a. accomplishing two objects; आम्रश्च सिक्तः पितरश्च तृप्ता एका क्रिया द्व्यर्थकरीह लोके Vāyu P. ˚त्वम् the state of having to convey two senses; द्व्यर्थत्वं विप्रतिषिद्धम् MS.7.1.6.

-अर्ध a. 1<?>.

- अवर a. at least two; द्व्यवरान् भोजयेद् विप्रान् पायसेन यथोचितम् Bhāg.8.16.43.

-अशीत a. eighty-second.

-अशीतिः f. eighty-two.

-अष्टम् copper. ˚सहस्रम् 16.

-अहः a period of two days.

-आत्मक a.

1 having a double nature.

-2 being two.

-आत्मकाः m. (pl.) the signs of the zodiac Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.

-आमुष्यायणः 'a son of two persons or fathers', an adopted son who remains heir to his natural father though adopted by another.

-आम्नात a. twice men- tioned.

-आहिक a. recurring every day (fever).

-ऋचम् (द्वृचम् or द्व्यर्चम्) a collection of two verses or riks.

-एकान्तर a. separated by two or by one (degree); द्व्येकान्तरासु जातानां धर्म्यं विद्यादिमं विधिम् Ms.1.7.

कः, -ककारः 1 crow (there being two 'Ka's in the word काक).

-2 the ruddy goose (there being two 'Ka's in the word कोक).

-ककुद् m. a camel.

-कर a. Yielding two senses, serving two purposes; तत्र द्विकरः शब्दः स्यात् । न च सकृदुच्चरितः शक्तो ŚB. on MS.12.1.4.

-कार्षापणिक a. worth two कार्षापणs

-कौडविक a. containing or worth two कुडवs.

-गत a ambiguous.

-गु a. exchanged or bartered for two cows. (

-गुः) a subdivision of the Tatpuruṣa compound in which the first member is a numeral; द्वन्द्वो द्विगुरपि चाहम् Udb.

-गुण a. double, twofold; पितुर्वधव्यसनमिदं हि येन मे चिरादपि द्विगुणमिवाद्य वर्धते Mu.5.6 (द्रिगुणाकृ to plough twice; द्विगुणीकृ to double, increase; द्विगुणीभूत a. double, augmented).

-गुणित a.

1 doubled, multiplied by two; वैरोचनैर्द्विगुणिताः सहसा मयूखैः Ki.5.46.

-2 folded double.

-3 enveloped.

-4 doubly increased, doubled.

- चरण a. having two legs, two-legged; द्विचरणपशूनां क्षितिभुजाम् Śānti.4.15.

-चत्वारिंश a. (द्वि-द्वा-चत्वारिंश) fortysecond.

-चत्वारिंशत् f. (द्वि-द्वा चत्वारिंशत्) forty-two.

-चन्द्रधी, -मतिः The illusion of seeing two moons due to an eye disease called Timira; N.13.42.

-जः 'twice-born'

1 a man of any of the first three castes of the Hindus (a Brāh- maṇa, Kṣatriya or Vaiśya); मातुर्यदग्रे जायन्ते द्वितीयं मौञ्जिबन्धनात् । ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशस्तस्मादेते द्विजाः स्मृताः Y.1.39.

-2 Brāhmaṇa (over whom the Saṁskāras or purifi- catory rites are performed); जन्मना ब्राह्मणो ज्ञेयः संस्कारै- र्द्विज उच्यते.

-3 any oviparous animal, such as a bird, snake, fish &c.; Mb.12.361.5. (द्विजश्रेष्ठ = द्विजाना- मण्डजानां सर्पाणां श्रेष्ठ); स तमानन्दमविन्दत द्विजः N.2.1; Ś.5.22; R.12.22; Mu.1.11; Ms.5.17.

-4 a tooth; कीर्णं द्विजानां गणैः Bh.1.13. (where द्विज means 'a Brāhmaṇa' also).

-5 A star; L. D. B.

-6 A kind of horse; जलोद्भवा द्विजा ज्ञेयाः Aśvachikitsā.

-7 A Brahmachārī; Bhāg.11.18.42. ˚अग्ऱ्य a Brāhmaṇa. ˚अयनी the sacred thread worn by the first three castes of the Hindus. ˚आलयः

1 the house of a dvija.

-2 a nest. ˚इन्द्रः, ˚ईशः

1 the moon; द्विजेन्द्रकान्तं श्रितवक्षसं श्रिया Śi.12.3.

-2 an epithet of Garuḍa.

-3 camphor. ˚दासः a Sūdra. ˚देवः

1 a Brāhmaṇa; Bhāg.8.15.37.

-2 a sage; Bhāg.3.1.23.

-3 N. of Brahmadeva; Bhāg. 5.2.16. ˚पतिः, ˚राजः an epithet of

1 the moon; इत्थं द्विजेन द्विजराजकान्तिः R.5.23.

-2 Garuḍa.

-3 camphor. ˚प्रपा

1 a trench or basin round the root of a tree for holding water.

-2 a trough near a well for watering birds, cattle &c. ˚प्रियः kind of khadira. ˚प्रिया the Soma plant. ˚बन्धुः, ˚ब्रुवः

1 a man who pretends to be a Brāh- maṇa.

-2 one who is 'twice-born' or a Brāhmaṇa by name and birth only and not by acts; cf. ब्रह्मबन्धु. ˚मुख्यः a Brāhmaṇa. ˚लिङ्गिन् m.

1 a Kṣatriya.

-2 a pseudo- Brāhmaṇa, one disguised as a Brāhmaṇa. ˚वाहनः an epithet of Viṣṇu (having Garuḍa for his vehicle). ˚सेवकः a Sūdra.

-जन्मन् a.

1 having two natures.

-2 regenerated.

-3 oviparous (-m.).

-जातिः m.

1 a man of any of the first three castes of the Hindus; एतान् द्विजातयो देशान् संश्रयेरन् प्रयत्नतः Ms.2.24.

-2 a Brāhmaṇa. Ki.1.39; Ku.5.4. गुरुरग्निर्द्विजातीनां वर्णानां ब्राह्मणो गुरुः H.

-3 a bird.

-4 a tooth.

-5 A kind of horse; लक्षणद्वयसम्बन्धाद् द्विजातिः स्यात् तुरङ्गमः Yuktikalpataru.

-जातीय a.

1 belonging to the first three castes of the Hindus.

-2 of a twofold nature.

-3 of mixed origin, mongrel. (

-यः) a mule.

-जानि a having two wives.

-जिह्व a. double-tongued (fig. also).

-2 insincere.

(-ह्वः) 1 a snake; परस्य मर्माविधमुज्झतां निजं द्विजिह्वतादोषमजिह्मगामिभिः Śi.1.63; R.11.64;14.41; Bv.1.2.

-2 an informer, a slan- derer, tale-bearer.

-3 an insincere person

-4 a thief.

-5 particular disease of the tongue.

-ज्या the sine of an arc.

-ठः 1 the sign visarga consisting of two dots.

-2 N. of Svāhā, wife of Agni.

-त्र a. (pl.) two or three; द्वित्राण्यहान्यर्हसि सोढुमर्हन् R.5.25; सूक्ष्मा एव पतन्ति चातकमुखे द्वित्राः पयोबिन्दवः Bh.2.121.

-त्रिंश (द्वात्रिंश) a.

1 thirty second.

-2 consisting of thirty two.

-त्रिंशत् (द्वात्रिंशत्) f. thirty-two. ˚लक्षण a. having thirty-two auspicious marks upon the body.

-दण्डि ind. stick against stick.

-दत् a. having two teeth (as a mark of age).

-दन्तः an elephant.

-दल a. having two parts, two-leafed.

-दश a. (pl.) twenty.

-दश a.

(द्वादश) 1 twelfth; गर्भात् तु द्वादशे विशः Ms.2.36.

-2 consisting of twelve.

-दशन् (द्वादशन्) a. (pl.) twelve. ˚अंशुः, ˚अर्चिस् m. an epithet of

1 the planet Jupiter.

-2 Bṛihaspati, the preceptor of the gods. ˚अक्षः, ˚करः, ˚लोचनः epithets of Kārtikeya ˚अक्षरमन्त्रः- विद्या the mantra ऊँ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय; गन्धधूपादिभिश्चार्चेद्वाद- शाक्षरविद्यया Bhāg.8.16.39. ˚अङ्गुल a measure of twelve fingers. ˚अध्यायी N. of Jaimini's Mimāṁsā in twelve Adhyāyas. ˚अन्यिक a. committing twelve mistakes in reading. ˚अस्र a dodecagon. ˚अहः

1 a period of twelve days; शुध्येद् विप्रो दशाहेन द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः Ms.5.83;11.168.

-2 a sacrifice lasting for or completed in twelve days. ˚अक्षः, ˚आख्यः a Buddha. ˚आत्मन् m. the sun; N.1.52. ˚आदित्याः (pl.) the twelve suns; see आदित्य. ˚आयुस् m. a dog. ˚लक्षणी f. the मीमांसासूत्र of जैमिनि (so called because it comprises twelve chapters); धर्मो द्वादशलक्षण्या व्युत्पाद्यः ŚB. on MS. ˚वार्षिक a.

1 twelve years old, lasting for twelve years; Pt.1. ˚विध a. twelve-fold. ˚सहस्र a. consisting of 12.

-दशी (द्वादशी) the twelfth day of a lunar fortnight.

-द्वादशान्यिक (द्वादशापपाठा यस्य जाताः द्वादशान्यिकः).

-दशम् (द्वादशम्)) a collection of twelve, ˚आदित्याः Twelve Ādityas:- विवस्वान्, अर्यमा, पूषन्, त्वष्टा, सविता, 3भग, धाता, विधाता, वरुण, मित्र, रुद्र, विष्णु. ˚पुत्रा Twelve types of sons according to Dharmaśāstra:-- औरस, क्षेत्रज, दत्तक, कृत्रिम, गूढोत्पन्न, अपविद्ध, कानीन, सहोढ, क्रीत, पौनर्भव, स्वयंदत्त, पारशव.

-दाम्नी a cow tied with two ropes.

-दिवः a ceremony lasting for two days.

-देवतम् the constel- lation विशाखा.

-देहः an epithet of Gaṇesa.

-धातुः an epithet of Gaṇeśa.

-नग्नकः a circumcised man.

-नवत (द्वि-द्वा-नवत) a. ninety-second.

-नवतिः(द्वि-द्वा-नवतिः) f. ninety-two.

-पः an elephant; यदा किञ्चिज्ज्ञो$हं द्विप इव मदान्धः समभवम् Bh.3.31; विपूर्यमाणश्रवणोदरं द्विपाः Śi. ˚अधिपः Indra's elephant. ˚आस्य an epithet of Gaṇesa.

-पक्षः 1 a bird.

-2 a month.

-पञ्चाश (द्वि-द्वा-पञ्चाश) a. fifty-second.

-पञ्चाशत् f. (

द्वि-द्वा-पञ्चाशत्) fifty-two.

-पथम् 1 two ways.

-2 a cross-way, a place where two roads meet.

-पद् see द्विपाद् below.

-पद a. having two feet (as a verse).

-पदः a biped man.

-पदिका, -पदी a kind of Prākṛita metre.

-पाद्, a. two footed; द्विपाद बहुपादानि तिर्यग् गतिमतीनि च Mb.14.37.

-पादः 1 a biped, man.

-2 a bird.

-3 a god.

-पाद्यः, -द्यम् a double penalty.

-पायिन् m. an elephant.

-फालबद्धः hair parted in two; N.1.16.

-बाहुः man; Ks.53.94.

-बिन्दुः a Visarga (:).

-भातम् twilight.

-भुजः an angle.

-भूम a. having two floors (as a palace).

-भौतिकः a horse possessing two ele- ments out of the five; द्वयोर्लक्षणसंबन्धात् तुरगः स्याद् द्विभौतिकः Yuktikalpataru.

-मातृ, -मातृजः an epithet of

1 Gaṇesa.

-2 king Jarāsandha.

-मात्रः a long vowel (having two syllabic instants); एकमात्रो भवेद् ह्रस्वो द्विमात्रो दीर्घ उच्यते Śikṣā.

-मार्गी a cross-away.

-मुखा 1 a leech.

-2 kind of water-vessel; ˚अहिः, ˚उरगः a double- mouthed snake.

-रः 1 a bee; cf. द्विरेफ.

-2 = बर्बर q. v.

-मुनि ind. the two Munis, Pāṇini and Kātyāyana; द्विमुनि व्याकरणस्य, विद्याविद्यावतारभेदाद् द्विमुनिव्याकरणमित्यपि साधु Sk.

-मूर्वा N. of a plant, presumably some hemp. Mātaṅga. L.9.2.

-यामी Two night-watches = 6 hours.

-रदः an elephant; सममेव समाक्रान्तं द्वयं द्विरदगामिना R.4.4; Me.61. ˚अन्तकः, ˚अराति, ˚अशनः

1 a lion.

-2 the Śarabha.

-रसनः a snake.

-रात्रम् two nights.

-रूप a.

1 biform.

-2 written in two ways.

-3 having a different shape.

-4 bi-colour, bipartite.

(-पः) 1 a variety of interpre- tation or reading.

-2 a word correctly written in two ways.

-रेतस् m. a mule.

-रेफः a large black bee (there being two 'Ra's in the word भ्रमर); अनन्तपुष्पस्य मधोर्हि चूते द्विरेफमाला सविशेषसङ्गा Ku.1.27;3.27,36.

-लयः (in music) double time (?); साम्य of two things (like गीत and वाद्य); द्विलयान्ते चर्चरी V.4.35/36.

-वक्त्रः 1 a double-mouthed serpent.

-2 a kind of demon; एकवक्त्रो महावक्त्रो द्विवक्त्रो कालसंनिभः Hariv.

-वचनम् the dual num- ber in grammar.

-वज्रकः a kind of house or structure with 16 angles (sides).

-वर्गः The pair of प्रकृति and पुरुष, or of काम and क्रोध; जज्ञे द्विवर्गं प्रजहौ द्विवर्गम् Bu. Ch.2.41.

-वाहिका a wing.

-विंश (द्वाविंश) a. twenty-second.

-विंशतिः f. (

द्वाविंशति) twenty-two.

-विध a. of two kinds or sorts; द्विविधः संश्रयः स्मृतः Ms.7.162.

-वेश(स)रा a kind of light carriage drawn by mules.

-व्याम, -व्यायाम a. two fathoms long.

-शतम् 1 two hundred.

-2 one hundred and two.

-शत्य a. worth or bought for two hundred.

-शफ a. clovenfooted. (

-फः) any cloven-footed animal.

-शीर्षः an epithet of Agni; also द्विशीर्षकः; सप्तहस्तः चतुःशृङ्गः सप्तजिह्वो द्विशीर्षकः Vaiśvadeva.

-श्रुति a. comprehending two intervals.

-षष् a. (pl.) twice six, twelve.

-षष्ट (द्विषष्ट, द्वाषष्ट) a. sixty-second.

-षष्टिः f. (

-द्विषष्टिः, द्वाषष्टिः) sixty-two.

-सन्ध्य a. having a morning and evening twi-light.

-सप्तत (द्वि-द्वा-सप्तत) a. seventy-second.

-सप्ततिः f. (

द्वि-द्वा सप्ततिः) seventy two.

-सप्ताहः a fortnight.

-सम a. having two equal sides.

-समत्रिभुजः an isosceles triangle.

-सहस्राक्षः the great serpent Śeṣa.

-सहस्र, -साहस्र a. consisting of 2. (

-स्रम्) 2.

-सीत्य, -हल्य a. ploughed in two ways, i. e. first length-wise and then breadth-wise.

-सुवर्ण a. worth or bought for two golden coins.

-स्थ (ष्ठ) a. conveying two senses; भवन्ति चद्विष्ठानि वाक्यानि यथा श्वेतो धावति अलम्बुसानां यातेति ŚB. on MS.4.3.4.

-हन् m. an elephant.

-हायन, -वर्ष a. two years old; शुके द्विहायनं कत्सं क्रौञ्चं हत्वा त्रिहायनम् Ms.11.134.

-हीन a. of the neuter gender.

-हृदया a pregnant woman.

-होतृ m. an epithet of Agni.

(pl. -ir), f. thousand.

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f.; sérhverja þúsund, Stj. 298; á þúsund (dat.), Sks. 705; tvær, þrjár … þúsundir, 623. 53: in mod. usage it is mostly neut. (influenced by Latin?), but also fem. It is spelt þús-hund, Barl. 53; þús-hundum, Fms. vi. 409 (v. l.), Geisli 49; another form þús-hundrað (q. v.) is freq., esp. in Stj., Barl.; this double form -hund and -hundrað answers to the equally double form of ‘hundred,’ see p. 292, and is a proof that þúsund is a compound word, the latter part of which is ‘hund’ or ‘hundred;’ the etymology of the former part ‘þús’ is less certain; it is, we believe, akin to þysja, þyss, þaus-nir (a lost strong verb þúsa, þaus, þusu); þúsund would thus literally mean a swarm of hundreds: [in Goth. the gender varies, þûsundi, pl. þusundjos = χίλιοι, or þusundja, neut.; A. S. þûsend; Engl. thousand; O. H. G. dusunta; Germ. tausend, qs. dausend; Swed. tusende and tusen; Dan. tusinde; Dutch tuysend: this word is also common to the Slavon. languages: again, the Lapp, duhat and Finn. tuhat are no doubt borrowed from the Slavon. or Scandin.; the Gr., Lat., and Sansk. use other words]—a thousand.

B. There is little doubt that with the ancient heathen Scandinavians (and perhaps all Teutons), before their contact with the civilised southern people, the notion of numbers was limited, and that their thousand was not a definite number, but a vague term, denoting a swarm, crowd, host (cp. the Gr. μυρίοι): in ancient lays it occurs thrice (Hkv., Em., Fas. i. 502), but indefinitely; hvat þrym er þar sem þúsund bifisk eðr mengi til mikit, what a din is there as if a thousand were shaking, or an over-mickle multitude, Em. 2; sjau þúsundir, Hkv. 1. 49, literally = seven thousands, but in fact meaning seven hosts of men.

2. the dat. pl. þúsundum is, like huudruðum, used adverbially = by thousands, in countless numbers, Fms. vi. 409 (in a verse), Geisli 49.

3. in the ancient popular literature, uninfluenced by southern writers, ‘þúsund,’ as a definite number, occurs, we think, not half-a-dozen times. As the multiple of ten duodecimal hundreds, ere the decimal hundred was adopted, ‘þnsund’ would mean twelve decimal hundreds; and such is its use in the Sverris Saga, Fms. viii. 40, where one vellum says ‘tvær þúsundir,’ whilst the others, by a more idiomatic phrase, call it ‘twenty hundreds.’

II. in ecclesiastical writers, and in annals influenced by the Latin and the like, it is frequent enough; tíu þúsundir, fjórtán þúsundir, Fms. i. 107, 108 (annalistic records); fimm þúsundir, xi. 386, Al. 111; tíu þúsundum, Sks. 705; tíu þúsundum sinna hundrað þúsunda, Hom.; þúsund þúsunda, a thousand of thousands, i. e. a million, (mod.); hundrað þúsundir rasta ok átta tigir þúsunda, … hundrað þúsund mílna, Fb. i. 31 (in the legend of Eric the Far-traveller and Paradise, taken from some church-legend); fjórar þúsundir, Þiðr. 234: or of the years of the world, sex þúsundir vetra, Fs. 197; sjau þúsundir vetra, Landn. 34.

C. REMARKS.—The popular way of counting high numbers was not by thousands, but by tens (decades) and duodecimal hundreds as factors; thus ten … twenty hundreds, and then going on three, four, five, six … tens of hundreds (a ‘ten of hundreds’ being = 1200). The following references may illustrate this—tíu hundruð, ellefu hundruð, tólf hundruð, þrettán hundruð, fimtán hundruð …, Íb. 17, Ó. H. 119, 201, Fms. vii. 295, xi. 383, 385. From twenty and upwards—tuttugu hundrað manna, twenty hundreds of men, Fms. vii. 324, viii. 40; hálfr þriðitugr hundraða skipa, two tens and a half hundreds of ships, i. e. twenty-five hundreds, Fas. i. 378; þrjá tigu hundraða manna, three tens of hundreds of men, Fms. viii. 311; var skorat manntal, hafði hann meirr enn þrjá tigu hundraða manna, vii. 204; þrír tigir hundraða, D. N. v. 18; user fjorir tigir hundraða manna, nearly four tens of hundreds of men, Fms. vii. 275; á fimta tigi hundraða, on the fifth ten of hundreds, i. e. from four to five tens of hundreds, viii. 321; sex tigir hundraða, six tens of hundreds, 311, xi. 390; sex tigu hundraða manna, Fb. ii. 518, D. I. i. 350,—all odd amounts being neglected. The highest number recorded as actually reckoned in this way is ‘six tens of hundreds’ (fimtán tigir hundraða, fifteen tens of hundreds, Fms. viii. 321, v. l., is a scribe’s error): it is probable that no reckoning exceeded twelve tens of hundreds. All high multiples were unintelligible to the ancients; the number of the Einherjar in Walhalla is in the old lay Gm. thus expressed,—there are ‘five hundred doors in Walhalla, and five tens beside (the ‘five tens’ are, by the way, merely added for alliteration’s sake), and eight hundred Einherjar will walk out of each door when they go out to fight the Wolf’ (on the Day of final Doom). There seems to have been some dim exaggerated notion of a definite thousand in an ancient lay, only preserved in a half alliterative prose paraphrase, Fas. i. 502, where a mythical host is given thus,—there were thirty-three phalanxes, each of five ‘thousand,’ each thousand of thirteen hundreds, each hundred four times counted. The armies in the battle of Brawalla, the greatest of the mythical age, are given, not in numbers, but by the space the ranks occupied, Skjöld. S. ch. 8. This resembles the story in Ó. H. ch. 59, of the two young brothers, king’s sons: when asked what they would like to have most of, the one said: ‘Cows.’ ‘And how many?’ ‘As many,’ said he, ‘as could stand packed in a row round the lake (Mjösen in Norway) and drink.’ ‘But you?’ they asked the other boy: ‘House-carles’ (soldiers), said he. ‘And how many?’ ‘As many,’ said he, ‘as would in one meal eat up all my brother’s cows.’ Add also the tale of the King and the Giant, and the number of the giant’s house-carles, Maurer’s Volksagen 306. No less elementary was the rule for division and fractions, of which a remarkable instance is preserved in an ancient Icelandic deed, called Spákonu-arfr, published in D. I. i. 305. See also the words tigr, hundrað, skor, skora, and the remarks in Gramm. p. xix. The Homeric numeration, as set forth in Mr. Gladstone’s Homeric Studies, vol. iii, p. 425 sqq., is highly interesting, and bears a striking resemblance to that of the ancient Scandinavians. We may notice that in Iceland land and property are still divided into hundreds (hundreds of ells = 120), see hundrað B; in this case a thousand is never used, but units and hundreds of hundreds as factors, thus, sex tögu hundraða, in Reykh. Máld, (a deed of the 12th century), and so still in mod. usage; a wealthy man of the 15th century is said to have bequeathed to his daughters in land, ‘tólf hundruð hundraða ok ellefu-tíu og tvau hundruð betr, en í lausafé fimm hundruð hundraða,’ i. e. twelve hundreds of hundreds and ‘eleventy’ and two hundreds, and in movables five hundreds of hundreds, Feðga-æfi 16 (by the learned Bogi Benidiktsson of Staðarfell in Iceland, A. D. 1771–1849); sjau hundruð hundraða og þrjátigi hundruð betr, 21; hann eptir-lét börnum sínum fjármuni upp á níu hundruð hundraða, 22,—a proof that in very remote times, when this valuation of land first took place, ‘thousand’ was still unknown as a definite number.

Ins. stoma l. stu hundred; sto osiem a l. one hunded and eight; sto studentek a l. one hundred students; sto kilometrów na godzinę a l. one hundred kilometers an l. per hour; jechać autobusem sto dwanaście go with the hundred and twelve bus l. service a hundred and twelve; na sto procent surely, for sure; w stu procentach completely; na sto dwa first-rate, A-one; udać się na sto dwa (np. o przyjęciu) go off with a bang; firma działa już od ponad stu lat the company has been on the market for over one hundred years; powtarzałem ci już sto razy I've told you a million times; chyba sto lat się nie widzieliśmy! we haven't seen each other for donkey's years!; do stu diabłów! for heaven's sake!; zły jak sto diabłów angry as hell; sto lat! ( jako życzenie urodzinowe) many happy returns (of the day)!; sto lat ( piosenka urodzinowa) Happy Birthday; (piosenka śpiewana na urodzinach, jubileuszach itp.) For She's l. He's a Jolly Good Fellow.

0 nought (GB)

zero (US)*

1 one

2 two

3 three

4 four

5 five

6 six

7 seven

8 eight

9 nine

10 ten

11 eleven

12 twelve

13 thirteen

14 fourteen

15 fifteen

16 sixteen

17 seventeen

18 eighteen

19 nineteen

20 twenty

21 twenty-one

22 twenty-two

30 thirty

31 thirty-one

32 thirty-two

40 forty†

50 fifty

60 sixty

70 seventy

73 seventy-three

80 eighty

84 eighty-four

90 ninety

95 ninety-five

100 a hundred ou one hundred‡

101 a hundred and one (GB)§ ou a hundred one (US)

111 a hundred and eleven (GB) ou a hundred eleven (US)

123 a hundred and twenty-three (GB) ou a hundred twenty-three (US)

200 two hundred

1,000 a thousand

1,002 a thousand and two (GB) ou a thousand two (US)

1,020 a thousand and twenty (GB) ou a thousand twenty (US)

1,200 a thousand two hundred

10,000 ten thousand

10,200 ten thousand two hundred

100,000 a hundred thousand

102,000 a hundred and two thousand (GB) ou a hundred two thousand (US)

1,000,000 one million

1,200,000 one million two hundred thousand

1,264,932 one million two hundred and sixty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty-two (GB) ou one million two hundred sixty-four thousand nine hundred thirty-two (US)

2,000,000 two million¶

3,000,000,000 three thousand million (GB) ou three billion|| (US)

4,000,000,000,000 four billion (GB) ou four thousand billion (US)

= numbers up to ten

= to count up to ten

* En anglais, lorsqu’on énonce les chiffres un à un, on prononce en général le zéro oh: mon numéro de poste est le 403 = my extension number is 403 ( dire four oh three).

Pour la température, on utilise zero: il fait zéro = it’s zero.

Pour les scores dans les jeux et les sports, on utilise en général nil (GB) zero (US), sauf au tennis, où zéro se dit love.

† Noter que forty s’écrit sans u, alors que fourteen et fourth s’écrivent comme four.

‡ Les formes avec one s’utilisent lorsqu’on veut insister sur la précision du chiffre. Dans les autres cas, on utilise plutôt a.

§ Noter que and s’utilise en anglais britannique entre hundred ou thousand et le chiffre des dizaines ou des unités (mais pas entre thousand et le chiffre des centaines). Il ne s’utilise pas en anglais américain.

¶ Noter que million est invariable en anglais dans ce cas.

|| Attention: un billion américain vaut un milliard (1000 millions), alors qu’un billion britannique vaut 1000 milliards. Le billion américain est de plus en plus utilisé en Grande-Bretagne.

29 Park Road twenty-nine Park Road

110 Park Road a hundred and ten Park Road (GB) ou one ten Park Road (US)

1021 Park Road one oh two one Park Road (GB) ou ten twenty-one Park Road (US)

020 7392 1011 oh two oh, seven three nine two; one oh one one ou one oh double one

1-415-243 7620 one, four one five, two four three, seven six two oh

04 78 02 75 27 oh four, seven eight, oh two, seven five, two seven

Les dates ⇒ La date

= how many children are there?

= there are twenty-three children

Noter que l’anglais n’a pas d’équivalent du pronom français en dans:

= how many are there?

= there are twenty-three

= there’ll be 8 of us coming

= there are 8 of them

= there were 10 of them at the beginning

L’anglais million s’utilise ici comme adjectif. Noter l’absence d’équivalent anglais de la préposition de après million.

= 1,000,000 inhabitants ( dire a million inhabitants ou one million inhabitants)

= two million inhabitants

L’anglais utilise aussi les mots hundreds, thousands, millions etc. au pluriel, comme en français:

= I’ve got hundreds

= thousands of books

= the thousands of books I have read

= hundreds and hundreds

= thousands and thousands

Pour les numéraux français en -aine (dizaine, douzaine, quinzaine, vingtaine, trentaine, quarantaine, cinquantaine, soixantaine et centaine) lorsqu’ils désignent une somme approximative, l’anglais utilise le chiffre avec la préposition about ou around.

= about ten questions

= about fifteen people

= about twenty

= about a hundred

= almost ten ou nearly ten

= about ten

= about four hundred pages

= less than ten

= more than ten

= all ten of them ou all ten

= it took five of them ou (s’ils n’étaient que cinq en tout) it took all five of them

= the other two

= the next five weeks

= my last ten dollars

= volume 8 of the series ou the 8th volume of the series

= horse number 11

= to bet on number 11

= 7 is a lucky number

= line number 8 of the underground (GB) ou subway (US)

= room 8 is free

= the 8 of spades

= Louis the Fourteenth

Noter que l’anglais utilise un point (the decimal point) là où le français a une virgule. Noter également qu’en anglais britannique zéro se dit nought, et en américain zero.

0.25 nought point two five ou point two five

0.05 nought point nought five ou point oh five

0.75 nought point seven five ou point seven five

3.33 three point three three

8.195 eight point one nine five

9.1567 nine point one five six seven

25% twenty-five per cent

50% fifty per cent

100% a hundred per cent ou one hundred per cent

200% two hundred per cent

365% three hundred and sixty-five per cent (GB) ou three hundred sixty-five per cent (US)

4.25% four point two five per cent

4.025% four point oh two five per cent

Noter que l’anglais n’utilise pas l’article défini dans:

= two thirds of them

= forty-five hundredths of a second

= ten out of a hundred

1er 1st first

2e 2nd second

3e 3rd third

4e 4th fourth

5e 5th fifth

6e 6th sixth

7e 7th seventh

8e 8th eighth

9e 9th ninth

10e 10th tenth

11e 11th eleventh

12e 12th twelfth

13e 13th thirteenth

20e 20th twentieth

21e 21st twenty-first

22e 22nd twenty-second

23e 23rd twenty-third

24e 24th twenty-fourth

30e 30th thirtieth

40e 40th fortieth

50e 50th fiftieth

60e 60th sixtieth

70e 70th seventieth

80e 80th eightieth

90e 90th ninetieth

99e 99th ninety-ninth

100e 100th hundredth

101e 101st hundred and first

102e 102nd hundred and second (GB) ou hundred second (US)

103e 103rd hundred and third (GB) ou hundred third (US)

196e 196th hundred and ninety-sixth (GB) ou hundred ninety-sixth (US)

1000e‡ 1,000th thousandth

1000000e‡ 1,000,000th millionth

= the first ou the first one

= the forty-second ou the forty-second one

= there is a second one

= the second of the two

= the first three

= the third richest nation in the world

= the last four

* Noter que le signe divisé par est différent dans les deux langues: au ":" français correspond le "÷" anglais.

† Pour les fractions jusqu’à 1/10, on utilise normalement a (a third); on utilise one (one third) en mathématiques et pour les calculs précis.

‡ Noter que l’anglais utilise une virgule là où le français a un espace.

territorial waters, home waters, maritime waters, territorial sea.

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(n.) = territorial waters, territorial waters, home waters

Ex. With the present trend to extending territorial waters, from three miles to twelve miles to two hundred miles, cataloguers are going to need a geopolitical atlas to make some decisions, together with an accurate ruler.

Ex. Territorial waters is a belt of coastal waters extending at most twelve nautical miles from a country's coast.

Ex. It is not surprising, quite the contrary, that the war has at last been brought to our home waters.

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