Translation of Slovak word "storočie" to English
storočie
/storot͡ʃi̯e/
Meaning
NounA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
How to use
Neuter noun ending in '-ie', inflected according to the 'vysvedčenie' pattern (storočie, storočia, storočiu, storočím, v storočí; nominative plural 'storočia', genitive plural 'storočí'). Designates a temporal span of one hundred years (century), frequently accompanied by Roman numerals in written Slovak (e.g. '21. storočie').
🇬🇧 English
century
Example sentence
Narodil som sa v minulom storočí.
I was born last century
Toto je nové storočie.
This is a new century
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Common phrases
- dvadsiate prvé storočie (21. storočie)— twenty-first century (21st century)
- na prelome storočí— at the turn of the century
- v minulom storočí— in the last century
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The Slovak word "storočie" means "century" in English.
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