Cent, adj : one hundred, a hundred.
The French word « cent » looks exactly like the English word “cent.”
The most common meaning of “cent” in English is “a coin that is one-hundredth of a dollar,” otherwise known as a “penny.” “One cent” in French is « un centime ».
In French, « cent » means one hundred, or a hundred.
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Cette lampe coûte cent euros.
This lamp costs one hundred euros.
Ma voisine du dessous a cent deux ans.
My downstairs neighbour is a hundred and two.
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