centime

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French centime. Doublet of centimo and santim.

Pronunciation

• 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

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

• → Amharic: ሳንቲም (santim)
  • → English: santim
• → Catalan: cèntim
• → Dutch: centiem
• → English: centime
• → Portuguese: cêntimo
• → Spanish: céntimo
• → 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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	centime	centimen	centimes	centimesen
Genitive	centimes	centimens	centimes	centimesens