centímetro
See also: centimetro and centimetrò
Mecayapan Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish centímetro, from French centimètre.
Pronunciation
Noun
centímetro (plural centímetros)
- centimeter, centimetre
- 1972, Lázaro Hernández Bautista, Si ticnequis chijli nigaj onoꞌ[1], México, D.F.: el Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 6:
- Ihueyacca quipiá de 9 a 10 centímetros.
- Its length ranges from 9 to 10 centimeters.
Portuguese
Etymology
From centi- + -metro (“meter”), calqued from French centimètre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽˈt͡ʃĩ.me.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽˈt͡ʃi.me.tɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽˈti.mɨ.tɾu/
- Rhymes: -imɨtɾu
- Hyphenation: cen‧tí‧me‧tro
Noun
centímetro m (plural centímetros)
Descendants
- → Guajajára: xenxim
Spanish
Etymology
From centi- + -metro (“meter”), calqued from French centimètre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θenˈtimetɾo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪i.me.t̪ɾo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /senˈtimetɾo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪i.me.t̪ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -imetɾo
- Syllabification: cen‧tí‧me‧tro
Noun
centímetro m (plural centímetros)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: centímetro
- → Tagalog: sentimetro
Further reading
- “centímetro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024