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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesセント記号
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sento kigō
"価格の表示にセント記号が使われています。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A typographical symbol (¢) representing the monetary unit of a cent, equal to one-hundredth of a basic currency unit such as the US dollar.
"The price tag listed the piece of candy at 5 cents, complete with the cent sign." - 2
A character used in digital encoding standards to represent the currency sign for cents.
"Make sure your text editor supports UTF-8 to correctly display the cent sign."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'cent', derived from the Latin 'centum' meaning 'hundred' via French, and 'sign', originating from the Latin 'signum' meaning a mark or token. It emerged in typography and commerce during the 18th century as the monetary unit for one-hundredth of a dollar or other decimal currencies.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cent sign" is said worldwide
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signe cent
Transliteration: siɲ sɑ̃
"Le symbole du cent s'écrit avec un 'c' barré."
Cent-Zeichen
Transliteration: tsɛnt ˌtsaɪçn̩
"Das Cent-Zeichen wird selten für Euro-Cent verwendet."
simbolo del centesimo
Transliteration: ˈsimbolo del tʃenˈtesimo
"Il simbolo del centesimo è usato raramente oggi."
signo de centavo
Transliteration: ˈsiɣno de senˈtaβo
"El signo de centavo se usa para denotar una fracción de dólar."
cifrão de centavo
Transliteration: siˈfɾɐ̃w dʒi sẽˈtavu
"O símbolo do centavo é representado por uma letra c cortada."
सेंट चिह्न
Transliteration: sent chihna
"मूल्य टैग पर सेंट चिह्न स्पष्ट रूप से दिखाई दे रहा था।"
分符号
Transliteration: fēn fúhào
"这个商品的价格标有分符号。"
센트 기호
Transliteration: senteu giho
"가격표에 센트 기호가 인쇄되어 있습니다."
セント記号
Transliteration: sento kigō
"価格の表示にセント記号が使われています。"
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