Century - Siècle (The 603rd Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Century is Siècle. This word often comes up when talking about time & frequency. It can be used as noun. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 603rd most commonly used word in French. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Our app offers over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common French words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: century

French: siècle

Examples


A century is one hundred years.	Un siècle fait cent années.
This tree is more than a century old.	Cet arbre a plus d'un siècle.
He is lost in the twentieth century.	Il est perdu au XXe siècle.
100 years is called a century.	Une centaine d'années est appelée un siècle.
Science has made rapid progress in this century.	La science a fait des progrès rapides au cours de ce siècle.
Tennis began in France in the thirteenth century.	Le tennis fut d'abord pratiqué en France au treizième siècle.
The story goes back to the sixteenth century.	L'histoire remonte au seizième siècle.
This oil painting dates from the 17th century.	Cette peinture à l'huile date du 17e siècle.

This custom dates back to the 12th century.	Cette coutume remonte au douzième siècle.
This church dates from the 12th century.	Cette église date du 12e siècle.
His family dates back to the seventeenth century.	Sa famille remonte au dix-septième siècle.
He was born in the 19th century.	Il est né au XIXe siècle.
A hundred years is called a century.	Une centaine d'années est appelée un siècle.
Photography was discovered in the 18th century.	La photographie fut découverte au 18ème siècle.
My grandparents were born in the last century.	Mes grands-parents sont nés au siècle dernier.
This church dates from the 13th century.	Cette église date du 13e siècle.
This could be the showdown of the century.	Ce pourrait être la confrontation du siècle.
It's not the 19th century.	Ce n'est pas le XIXe siècle.
It isn't the 19th century.	Ce n'est pas le XIXe siècle.
The twenty-first century begins in 2001.	Le vingt-et-unième siècle commence en 2001.
This statue dates from the sixteenth century.	Cette statue date du seizième siècle.