centr

Borrowed from English centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντέω (kentéō).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntr̩]

centr m anim

1. (sports) center (in basketball, football, etc.)
   1. (ice hockey) the forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs

centr m inan

1. (sports) center
   1. place in the center/centre of an attack
   2. (soccer) pass played into the center/centre of the pitch
   3. (soccer) ball passed to the center/centre

• “centr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “centr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “centr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025