centimo

See also: céntimo and cêntimo

English

Alternative forms

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: sĕntə-mō′
  • Hyphenation: cen‧ti‧mo

Noun

centimo (plural centimos)

  1. A cent, i.e. 1100, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately derived from French centime.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡senˈtimo/
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: cen‧ti‧mo

Noun

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

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

References

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Esperanto centimoEnglish centimeFrench centimeGerman CentimeItalian centesimoRussian 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 (1100)

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish céntimo.

Noun

centimo m (plural centimos)

  1. centimo

Declension

Declension of centimo
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