epicentre

See also épicentre

English

Alternative forms

• epicenter (US)

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek ἐπί (epi, “on”) + κέντρον (kentron, “centre”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

epicentre (plural epicentres)

1. (seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
2. (military) The point on the surface directly above an underground explosion.
3. (figuratively) The focal point of any activity, especially if dangerous or destructive.

Translations

point above earthquake

• Arabic: مركز (ar) (márkaz) m, مركز الزلزال (ar) (markaz al-zilzāl) m
• Armenian: էպիկենտրոն (hy) (ēpikentron)
• Belarusian: эпіцэнтр (be) (epicéntr) m
• Breton: epikreizenn
• Bulgarian: епицентър (bg) (epicéntǎr) m
• Catalan: epicentre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 震央 (cmn) (zhènyāng), 震中 (cmn) (zhènzhōng), 震中心 (cmn) (zhènzhōngxīn)

• Czech: epicentrum (cs) m
• Danish: epicenter (da)
• Dutch: epicentrum (nl)
• Esperanto: surcentro (eo)
• Estonian: epitsenter (et)
• Finnish: episentrumi (fi), episentri (fi)
• French: épicentre (fr) m
• Galician: epicentro (gl) m
• German: Epizentrum (de) n
• Greek: επίκεντρο (el) (epíkentro) n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: epicentrum (hu)
• Icelandic: skjálftamiðja (is) f
• Indonesian: episenter (id)

• Italian: epicentro (it) m
• Japanese: 震源地 (ja) (しんげんち, shingenchi) (common), 震央 (ja) (しんおう, shin'ō) (academic), 震源 (ja) (しんげん, shingen)
• Latvian: epicentrs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: epicentras (lt) m
• Low German: epizentrum
• Malay: epipusat
• Norwegian: episenter (no)
• Oromo: epicenter
• Polish: epicentrum (pl) m
• Portuguese: epicentro (pt) m
• Russian: эпицентр (ru) (epicéntr) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: епицентар (sh) m

  Roman: epicentar (sh) m

• Slovak: epicentrum (sk) n
• Slovene: epicenter (sl) m
• Spanish: epicentro (es) m
• Swedish: epicentrum (sv)
• Thai: ศูนย์กลาง (th) (sŏon glaang)
• Ukrainian: епіцентр (uk) (epicéntr) m
• Vietnamese: chấn tâm (vi)

focal point of activity

• Finnish: keskipiste (fi)
• French: épicentre (fr) m
• Greek: επίκεντρο (el) (epíkentro) n

• Japanese: 震源地 (ja) (しんげんち, shingenchi)
• Latvian: epicentrs (lv) m
• Polish: epicentrum (pl) m

Antonyms

• hypocentre

Hyponyms

• ground zero

Anagrams

• epicenter

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (epicentrè) IPA: [ɛpʲɪtʲsʲɛnʲtʲˈrʲɛ]
• (epiceñtre) IPA: [ɛpʲɪˈtʲsʲɛnʲtʲrʲɛ]

Noun

epicentrè m

1. locative singular form of epicentras.

Noun

epiceñtre m

1. vocative singular form of epicentras.