centime

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• 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

subunit of currency

Armenian: սանտիմ (hy) (santim) Chinese: Mandarin: 生丁 (zh) (shēngdīng) French: centime (fr) m German: Centime m, Rappen (de) m (subunit of the Swiss franc) Ido: centimo (io) Japanese: サンチーム (sanchīmu) Korean: 상팀 (sangtim) Romanian: cent (ro) m Russian: санти́м (ru) m (santím)

coin

Armenian: սանտիմ (hy) (santim) French: pièce d'un centime f, centime (fr) m

Further reading

• centime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ctimene, Nemetic, nemetic

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French centime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛnˈti.mə/

• Audio:

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• 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:

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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)
  • → English: santim
  • → Oromo: saantima
• → Arabic: سنتيم (santīm)
• → Catalan: cèntim
• → Dutch: centiem
• → English: centime
• → Latvian: santīms
• → Portuguese: cêntimo
• → Spanish: céntimo
• → Swedish: centime
• → Turkish: santim

Further reading

• “centime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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