centre

See also: Centre, centré, and centrē

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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)
• Homophone: center

Noun

centre (plural centres)

1. (British, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center. There is evidence that this is an older spelling in the United States, especially in some place names.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• centreboard
• Centre County
• 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
• Centreville
• civic centre
• day centre
• reception centre

Translations

center — see center

Verb

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

Translations

center — see center

Anagrams

• Center, center, recent, tenrec

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾe/

Noun

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 terms

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

Related terms

• central

Further reading

• “centre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Esperanto

Adverb

centre

1. centrally

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃tʁ/

• audio

  (file)

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

centre m (plural centres)

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• centrafricain
• centrage
• central
• centraliser
• centrer

• centrifuge
• centripète
• centrisme
• centriste

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• créent
• récent

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Portuguese

Verb

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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Spanish

Verb

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.