how to pronounce century

/ˈsɛn.tʃəɹ.i/

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century is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of century in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… did one about 20th century Africa and …”

meaning of century

A century is a period of 100 years.

century frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word century occurs in english on average 197.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.