centimo

See also: céntimo and cêntimo

English

Alternative forms

• céntimo
• cêntimo (Portuguese currency)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish céntimo, derived from French centime, from cent (on the model of décime), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centim, centime, and santim.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕn′tə-mō′
• Hyphenation: cen‧ti‧mo

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
• centesimal
• centesimo
• centiem
• centigram
• centiliter
• centner

Further reading

• céntimo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Metonic, entomic, nemotic, tonemic

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately derived from French centime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡senˈtimo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: cen‧ti‧mo

Noun

centimo (accusative singular centimon, plural centimoj, accusative plural centimojn)

1. (economics, finance, historical) centime (subunit of currency)

References

• “centimo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡senˈtimo/
• Hyphenation: cen‧ti‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Esperanto centimo, English centime, French centime, German Centime, Italian centesimo, Russian санти́м (santím), Spanish céntimo.

Noun

centimo (plural centimi)

1. (economics, finance, historical) centime (subunit of currency)

Etymology 2

From cento +‎ -imo.

Noun

centimo (plural centimi)

1. centimo (¹⁄₁₀₀)

References

• centimo in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm

Proto-Italic *kəntom

Latin centum

Middle French cent

French cent

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French décimeinflu.

French centimebor.

Spanish céntimobor.

Romanian centimo

Borrowed from Spanish céntimo.

Noun

centimo m (plural centimos)

1. centimo

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	centimo	centimoul	centimos	centimosi
genitive-dative	centimo	centimoului	centimos	centimoslor
vocative	centimoule		centimoslor

References

• centimo in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN