ceintiméadar

Irish

Etymology

From French centimètre, from Latin centum (“hundred”) and Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɛnʲtʲəˈmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛn̠ʲtʲəmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛn̠ʲtʲəmʲed̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

ceintiméadar m (genitive singular ceintiméadair, nominative plural ceintiméadair)

1. centimetre

Declension

Declension of ceintiméadar

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceintiméadar ceintiméadair Vocative a cheintiméadar a cheintiméadair Genitive ceintiméadar ceintiméadair Dative ceintiméadar ceintiméadair

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceintiméadar na ceintiméadair Genitive an cheintiméadar na gceintiméadair Dative leis an gceintiméadar don cheintiméadar leis na ceintiméadair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceintiméadar	cheintiméadar	gceintiméadar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceintiméadar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN