adj.

1 100 の, 100 個の, 100 人の.

・a hundred people.

・some [several, many] hundred people.

・a hundred things.

・a hundred times 100 度[倍].

・9 hundred hours 午前 9 時 (9.00 a.m.) (⇒hour 2 b).

2 多数の, たくさんの.

・I have a hundred things to do. たくさん仕事がある.

・not a hundred miles from [off]… ⇒mile 成句.

a hndred and ne 多数の (cf. a THOUSAND and one).

OE hundred ← hund hundred (＜ Gmc χundam (OHG hunt) ← IE dek 'TEN')＋-red (＜ Gmc ra- number (Goth. raj ratio) ← IE ar- to fit together): cf. art^１ Hndred Dys