centimètre

See also: centimetre, centímetre, and centi-metre

French

Etymology

From centi- +‎ mètre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ/

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Noun

centimètre m (plural centimètres)

1. centimetre

Descendants

• → Catalan: centímetre
• → English: centimetre, centimeter
• → Irish: ceintiméadar
• → Japanese: センチメートル (senchimētoru)
• → Moore: sãtɩmetre
• → Persian: سانتی‌متر (sânti-metr)
• → Portuguese: centímetro
• → Spanish: centímetro
  • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: centímetro
  • → Tagalog: sentimetro
• → Turkish: santimetre
• → Vietnamese: xăngtimét

Further reading

• “centimètre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.