centr

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντέω (kentéō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntr̩]

Noun

centr m anim

1. (sports) center (in basketball, football, etc.)
   1. (ice hockey) the forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs

Declension

Declension of centr (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	centr	centři
genitive	centra	centrů
dative	centrovi, centru	centrům
accusative	centra	centry
vocative	centře	centři
locative	centrovi, centru	centrech
instrumental	centrem	centry

Noun

centr m inan

1. (sports) center
   1. place in the center/centre of an attack
   2. (soccer) pass played into the center/centre of the pitch
   3. (soccer) ball passed to the center/centre

Declension

Declension of centr (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	centr	centry
genitive	centru	centrů
dative	centru	centrům
accusative	centr	centry
vocative	centre, centře	centry
locative	centru	centrech
instrumental	centrem	centry

Further reading

• “centr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “centr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “centr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)