centime

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French centime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

centime (plural centimes)

  1. (historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
  2. A coin having face value of one centime.

Derived terms

  • Algerian centime
  • Haitian centime

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French centime.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛnˈti.mə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cen‧ti‧me

Noun

centime m (plural centimes)

  1. alternative form of centiem

French

Etymology

From cent + -ime, on the model of décime.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tim/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

centime m (plural centimes)

  1. centime (hundredth of a franc, coin)
  2. cent (one-hundredth of a euro), eurocent

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: santim
  • → Amharic: ሳንቲም (santim)
  • → Arabic: سنتيم (santīm)
  • → Catalan: cèntim
  • → Dutch: centiem
  • → English: centime
  • → Latvian: santīms
  • → Portuguese: cêntimo
  • → Spanish: céntimo
  • → Swedish: centime
  • → Turkish: santim

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French centime.

Noun

centime c

  1. centime

Declension

Declension of centime
nominative genitive
singular indefinite centime centimes
definite centimen centimens
plural indefinite centimes centimes
definite centimesen centimesens
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.