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centre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sen.t?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?n.t?/, [?s?.???]
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [?s????]
- Hyphenation: cen?tre
- Rhymes: -?nt?(r)
- Homophone: sinner (pin-pen merger)
- Homophone: center
Noun
centre (plural centres)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
centre (third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center
Translations
Anagrams
- Center, center, recent, tenrec
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?sen.t??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?sen.t?e/
Noun
centre m (plural centres)
- center (point in the interior of a circle)
- center (middle portion of something)
- center (place where some function or activity occurs)
- center (topic that is particularly important)
- downtown (business center of a city)
Derived terms
Related terms
- central
- cèntric
Further reading
- “centre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “centre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “centre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “centre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Adverb
centre
- centrally
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron, “sharp point”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??t?/
- (FR) IPA(key): [s??t?], [s??t?]
Noun
centre m (plural centres)
- centre, center
- (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “centre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- créent
- récent
Portuguese
Verb
centre
- first-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
- first-person singular imperative of centrar
- third-person singular imperative of centrar
Spanish
Verb
centre
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of centrar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of centrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of centrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of centrar.
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centripetal
English
Etymology
From New Latin coined by Sir Isaac Newton, from Latin centrum (“center”) + pet?, petere (“seek, aim”) +? -al.
Adjective
centripetal (not comparable)
- Directed or moving towards a centre.
- Of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force.
- (neuroanatomy, of a nerve impulse) Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?n?t??p?t?l/, /?s?nt???pi?t?l/
Antonyms
- centrifugal
Derived terms
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From German zentripetal
Adjective
centripetal m or n (feminine singular centripetal?, masculine plural centripetali, feminine and neuter plural centripetale)
- centripetal
Declension
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