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siècle

century

noun SYEH-kluh Less Common
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Usage Note

Siècle means a century of one hundred years. French ordinal abbreviations use superscript: le XXe siècle (the 20th century). The phrase dans les siècles des siècles ('world without end') comes from liturgical Latin and appears in Catholic prayer. Il y a des siècles colloquially means 'ages ago'.

Examples

"Ce château date du dix-huitième siècle."

Natural Translation

This castle dates from the eighteenth century.

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