engelska-svenska översättning av century

århundradeett
Det 21:a århundradet kan mycket väl bli Europas århundrade.The 21st century could well be Europe's century. Ett halvt århundrade, med blandade resultat.Half a century, with mixed results. Kvinnor har nått långt under detta århundrade.Women have come a long way this century.
sekelett
Detta sekel kommer att bli avfallshanteringens sekel, i annat fall blir det inget sekel alls.This will either be the century of waste management or it will not. Vårt sekel kommer att bli framstegens sekel, ett sekel då de allra galnaste utopier kommer att förverkligas.Our century will be a century of progress in which the wildest utopian ideals may be realised. Trista framtidsutsikter för nästa sekel.What a sad prospect for our century!

A period of 100 consecutive years; ''often specifically'a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the ''twentieth century'', which stretches from 1901 through 2000, or 1900 through 1999. The ''first century AD'was from 1 to 100
A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes soldiers or other men , commanded by a centurion
A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred
A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership
A race a hundred units in length

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