central

English

Etymology

From Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛntɹəl/

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Adjective

central (comparative more central, superlative most central)

1. being in the centre
2. being the most important
3. having or containing the centre of something
4. being very important, or key to something
   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, BBC Sport:

     Cleverley was a central figure as England took the lead inside three minutes. He saw his shot handled by Moldovan defender Simion Bulgaru and Lampard drilled home the penalty in trademark fashion.

Derived terms

• central heating
• central locking
• centralisation
• centralise
• centrally
• centralness

Translations

being in the centre

• Arabic: مَرْكَزيّ (ar) (markaziyy)
• Armenian: կենտրոնական (hy) (kentronakan) 
• Azeri: mərkəzi (az)
• Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় (bn)
• Bulgarian: централен (bg) (centralen)
• Catalan: central (ca)
• Czech: ústřední (cs), centrální (cs)
• Dutch: centraal (nl)
• French: central (fr) m, centrale (fr) f
• German: zentral (de), mittig (de)
• Greek: κεντρικός (el) (kentrikós) 
• Hungarian: központi (hu)
• Italian: centrale (it)

• Macedonian: средишен (mk) (srédišen), централен (mk) (céntralen)
• Malay: pusat (ms), sentral (ms)
• Pashto: منځنی (ps) (manźanay)
• Polish: centralny (pl)
• Portuguese: central (pt)
• Romanian: central (ro)
• Russian: центральный (ru) (centrál'nyj) 
• Spanish: central (es)
• Swahili: katikati (sw)
• Swedish: central (sv)
• Turkish: merkezi (tr), orta (tr)
• Welsh: canolog (cy)

being the most important

• Bulgarian: главен (bg) (glaven)
• Catalan: central (ca)
• German: zentral (de)
• Greek: κεντρικός (el) (kentrikós) 
• Italian: centrale (it), fondamentale (it)

• Macedonian: главен (mk) (gláven)
• Pashto: منځنی (ps) (manźanay)
• Romanian: central (ro)
• Swahili: katikati (sw)

having or containing the centre of something

• Bulgarian: централен (bg) (centralen)
• Catalan: central (ca)
• Czech: centrální (cs)
• Dutch: centraal (nl)
• German: zentral (de)
• Greek: κεντρικός (el) (kentrikós) 

• Italian: centrale (it)
• Macedonian: средишен (mk) (srédišen), централен (mk) (céntralen)
• Pashto: منځنی (ps) (manźanay)
• Romanian: central (ro)
• Swahili: katikati (sw)

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• Mandarin: 中央的, 中心的
• Esperanto: centra
• French: central
• Hebrew: מרכזי (merkazy) m, מרכזית (merkazyt) f
• Indonesian: sentral, pusat
• Interlingua: central

• Japanese: 中心的 (ちゅうしんてき, chūshin-teki), 中央 (ちゅうおう, chūō)
• Portuguese: central m and f
• Spanish: centro
• Danish: central
• Welsh: canolog

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin centralis

Adjective

central m, f (masculine and feminine plural centrals)

1. central

Derived terms

• centralitzar

Noun

central f (plural centrals)

1. nexus; headquarters (non-military); central office
2. (electricity) power plant

Antonyms

• sucursal (branch office)

Synonyms

• seu (seat or headquarters)

Derived terms

types of central office

central telefònica

central telegràfica

types of power plant

central elèctrica central eòlica central fotovoltaica central geotèrmica central heliotèrmica or central heliotermodinàmica central hidràulica or central hidroelèctrica

central hidrotèrmica central mareomotriu central nuclear central solar central tèrmica or central termoelèctrica

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French

Etymology

Latin centralis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑ̃t.ʁal/

Adjective

central m (feminine centrale, masculine plural centraux, feminine plural centrales)

1. central

Antonyms

• périphérique

Related terms

• centre m
• centrale
• centralisateur
• centraliser
• centralisme

Anagrams

• raclent

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin centralis, French central

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t͡ʃenˈtral]

Adjective

central ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. central, pivotal, nodal

Declension

declension of central

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	central		centrală	centrali	centrale
	definite	centralul		centrala	centralii	centralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	central		centrale	centrali	centrale
	definite	centralului		centralei	centralilor	centralelor

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Spanish

Adjective

central m and f (plural centrales)

1. central

Noun

central f (plural centrales)

1. headquarter
2. center

Related terms

• centrar
• céntrico
• centro

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

central

1. central, centralized, situated at the centre (of a town)
2. central, important

Declension

Declension of central

Inflections of central		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	central	centralare		centralast
	Neuter	centralt
Definite singular	Masc.	centrale		centralaste
	All	centrala		centralaste
Plural		centrala		centralaste

Related terms

busscentral centralafrikan centralafrikansk Centralafrikanska republiken Centralamerika centralamerikansk centrala nervsystemet centralantenn centralasiatisk centralbank centralbibliotek centralbyråkrat

centraldirigerad centraldirigering centraldispensär centralenhet Centraleuropa centraleuropeisk centralfigur centralförbund centralförening centralförvaltning centralgestalt centralisera

centralisering centralism centralistisk centralkassa centralkommitté centralkyrka centralkök centrallager centrallasarett centrallyrik centrallyrisk centrallås

centralmakt centralmyndighet centralnämnd centralorgan centralorganisation centralort centralpalats centralprov centralpunkt centralradio centralredaktion centralregering

centralsjukhus centralskola centralstation centralstimulantia centralstimulerande centralstyrd centralstyre centralstyrelse centralvärme

Noun

central c

1. a central, a centre, a central station, a junction, a connection point, an electrical switchboard

Declension

Declension of central

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	central	centralen	centraler	centralerna
genitive	centrals	centralens	centralers	centralernas

Related terms

• elcentral
• gruppcentral
• huvudcentral
• ledningscentral
• undercentral
• värmecentral

References

• central in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)