different between centavo vs sucre

English

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n?t??vo?/

Noun

centavo (plural centavos)

1. Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico
2. A similar subdenomination of various other currencies.

Italian

Etymology

From cento (“hundred”) +? -avo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??en?ta.vo/
• Hyphenation: cen?ta?vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavi)

1. centavo

Anagrams

• covante
• vocante

Portuguese

Etymology

From cento (“hundred”) +? -avo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /s?.?ta.vu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /s?.?ta.vo/
• Rhymes: -avu
• Hyphenation: cen?ta?vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavos)

1. cent (a hundredth of several monetary units, including the Brazilian real, the Portuguese escudo, and the Mozambican metical)

Related terms

• cêntimo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ctvo.

Etymology

From ciento (“hundred”) +? -avo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?en?tabo/, [??n??t?a.??o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sen?tabo/, [s?n??t?a.??o]
• Hyphenation: cen?ta?vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavos)

1. cent (subunit of currency in US and other countries)

   Synonym: céntimo

English

Etymology

Spanish Sucre, from the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?k?e?/

Noun

sucre (plural sucres)

1. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.

Anagrams

• Cruse, Cures, crues, cruse, cuers, cures, curse, ecrus

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic ??????? (sukkar), from Persian ???? (šekar), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?su.k??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?su.k?e/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sucre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sucre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sucre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sucre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic ??????? (sukkar), from Persian ???? (šekar), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk?/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sik
• ? Danish: sucrose
• ? English: sucrose
• ? Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sukol (or from English)
• ? Rade: s?k

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crues, crûes, cures, curés, écrus, reçus, sucer

Middle English

Noun

sucre

1. Alternative form of sugre

Old French

Noun

sucre m (nominative singular sucres)

1. Alternative form of çucre

Spanish

Etymology

From the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sucre (former currency of Ecuador)