centigrade

English

Etymology

centi- (“hundred”) +‎ grade (“degree”)

Adjective

centigrade (not comparable)

1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
2. Celsius (since 1948).

Noun

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

1. (uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Although formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade is still the more commonly found term.
   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎^[1]:

     Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.

2. (countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.

   a temperature of 34 centigrades

3. (countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.

Derived terms

• degree centigrade

Translations

centigrade temperature scale

• Arabic: مِئَوِيّ (miʔawiyy) (adjective)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百分度的 (bǎifēndùde), 攝氏溫度的／摄氏温度的 (shèshìwēndùde)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: celsiusasteikko
• German: hundertgradig, hundertteilig, Celsius (de) (an equivalent expression with “hundert” is not used)
• Irish: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whakarautanga, henekereti, tohurau
• Swahili: sentigredi
• Swedish: celsiusgrad c
• Turkish: santigrat (tr)
• Vietnamese: thang bách phân (vi)

See also

• milligrade

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

centigrade (plural centigrades)

1. centigrade (all meanings)

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

centigrade

1. feminine plural of centigrado