centralis

See also: centrális

Latin

Etymology

From centrum (“center point”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kenˈtraː.lis/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪räːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈtra.lis/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪räːlis]

Adjective

centrālis (neuter centrāle, adverb centrāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. central, in the middle

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	centrālis	centrāle		centrālēs	centrālia
Genitive	centrālis			centrālium
Dative	centrālī			centrālibus
Accusative	centrālem	centrāle		centrālēs centrālīs	centrālia
Ablative	centrālī			centrālibus
Vocative	centrālis	centrāle		centrālēs	centrālia

Derived terms

• centrāliter

Related terms

• centrōsus
• centrum

Descendants

• Catalan: central
• → English: central
• French: central
  • → Turkish: santral
• Friulian: centrâl
• Galician: central
• → German: zentral
• Italian: centrale
• Portuguese: central
• Romanian: central
• Spanish: central

References

• “centralis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• centralis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.