centre

See also: Centre, centré, and centrē

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον ‎(kéntron), from κεντεῖν ‎(kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.tɚ/, [ˈsɛ.ɾ̃ɚ]
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛntə(r)
• Homophone: sinner (pin-pen merger)

NounEdit

centre ‎(plural centres)

1. (British, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center

Derived termsEdit

• centreboard
• centrefold
• centre forward
• centre of attention
• centre of buoyancy
• centre of curvature
• centre of effort

• centre of gravity
• centre of inertia
• centre of lift
• centre of mass
• centrepiece
• centre stage
• civic centre

VerbEdit

centre ‎(third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)

1. (British, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον ‎(kéntron), from κεντεῖν ‎(kenteîn, “to prick, goad”)

NounEdit

centre m ‎(plural centres)

1. center (point in the interior of a circle)
2. center (middle portion of something)
3. center (place where some function or activity occurs)
4. center (topic that is particularly important)
5. downtown (business center of a city)

Derived termsEdit

• centrar
• centre comercial
• centre de gravitat
• centre de massa

Related termsEdit

• central

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EsperantoEdit

AdverbEdit

centre

1. centrally

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin centrum.

PronunciationEdit

• audio

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• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃tʁ/

• Audio (Paris)

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NounEdit

centre m ‎(plural centres)

1. centre, center
2. (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area

Derived termsEdit

• centre commercial
• centre-ville
• Centre-Val de Loire

Related termsEdit

• centrafricain
• centrage
• central
• centraliser
• centrer

• centrifuge
• centripète
• centrisme
• centriste

AnagramsEdit

• créent
• récent

External linksEdit

• “centre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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LojbanEdit

EtymologyEdit

• From centi (hundred) + mitre (metre; unit of length).

BrivlaEdit

centre

1. m1=c1 is m2=c2 centimeter(s) / hundredth(s) of a meter [metric unit] in length (default 1) measured in direction m3=c3 by standard x4=m3.

Usage notesEdit

• The Lojban word centre resembles the English one in spelling (but not pronunciation), and is therefore a false friend. Instead, the latter term translates to the gismu midju.

See alsoEdit

• miltre
• ki'otre

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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

centre

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
3. first-person singular imperative of centrar
4. third-person singular imperative of centrar

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

centre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of centrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of centrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of centrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of centrar.