centrale

See also: centrāle and centrālē

English

Etymology

From New Latin centrāle.

Noun

centrale (plural centralia)

1. (anatomy) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus in most vertebrates. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.

Synonyms

• os centrale

Anagrams

• clearnet, entrelac

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛnˈtraː.lə/

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• Hyphenation: cen‧tra‧le
• Rhymes: -aːlə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French centrale.

Noun

centrale f (plural centrales, diminutive centraletje n)

1. hub, central
2. plant, factory
3. exchange (in a communications network)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• alarmcentrale
• biomassacentrale
• energiecentrale
• gascentrale
• jeugdcentrale
• kerncentrale
• kolencentrale
• krachtcentrale
• oliecentrale
• taxicentrale
• telefooncentrale
• vakcentrale

Related terms

• centraal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

centrale

1. inflection of centraal:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tʁal/

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Adjective

centrale

1. feminine singular of central

Noun

centrale f (plural centrales)

1. power plant

Derived terms

• centrale électrique
• centrale nucléaire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• calèrent
• lacèrent

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈtra.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: cen‧trà‧le

Adjective

centrale (plural centrali, superlative centralissimo)

1. central

   Italia centrale ― central Italy

2. main

   Qual è lo scopo centrale di questo piano? ― What is the main purpose of this plan?

Related terms

• centrale elettrica
• centralina
• centralista
• centralità
• centralizzare
• centralmente
• centro

 

Noun

centrale f (plural centrali)

1. head office

Latin

Adjective

centrāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of centrālis

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃenˈtɾa.le]

Adjective

centrale f pl or n pl

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of central

Spanish

Verb

centrale

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of centrar combined with le

Swedish

Adjective

centrale

1. definite natural masculine singular of central

Anagrams

• celterna