different between centesimo vs centimo

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian centesimo. Doublet of centime.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??n?t?z?m??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??n?t?z?mo?/

Noun

centesimo (plural centesimos or centesimi)

1. (historical) A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira. [from 19th c.]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish centésimo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?n?t?z?m??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s?n?t?z?mo?/

Noun

centesimo (plural centesimos)

1. A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile. [from 19th c.]
   • 2005, The Guardian, 12 November:

     And if they were talking 3-5-2, it referred only to the centesimos they were cutting, filing and preparing to throw at the Australian players from the stands throughout the match.

Anagrams

• centisome

Italian

Adjective

centesimo (feminine centesima, masculine plural centesimi, feminine plural centesime)

1. hundredth

Noun

centesimo m (plural centesimi)

1. (ordinal numbers) hundredth
2. (numismatics) cent
3. (numismatics) penny

Related terms

• centesimale
• cento

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Anagrams

• cimentose

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ken?te?.si.mo?/, [k?n??t?e?s??mo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??en?te.si.mo/, [t???n??t???s?im?]

Etymology 1

From cent?simus (“hundredth”) +? -?.

Verb

cent?sim? (present infinitive cent?sim?re, perfect active cent?sim?v?, supine cent?sim?tum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I centesimate (to select one person in every hundred for a punishment)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• cent?sim?ti?

Descendants

• English: centesimate

Etymology 2

Numeral

cent?sim?

1. dative masculine singular of cent?simus
2. dative neuter singular of cent?simus
3. ablative masculine singular of cent?simus
4. ablative neuter singular of cent?simus

References

• centesimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• centesimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Spanish céntimo, French centime, from Latin centesimus 'one hundredth', from centum 'hundred'

Noun

centimo (plural centimos)

1. A cent, i.e. ¹?₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value

Related terms

• cent
• centavo m
• centesimal
• centesimo m
• centigram
• centiliter
• centiem m
• centner

Anagrams

• Metonic, entomic, nemotic, tonemic