centigrade

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm

Proto-Italic *kəntom

Latin centum

Latin centi-bor.

French centi-bor.

English centi-

English grade

English centigrade

From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).

Adjective

centigrade (not comparable)

1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

   Synonym: centesimal

   Coordinate term: milligrade (1000)

2. Celsius. [since 1948]

Related terms

• decigrade

Noun

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

2. (uncountable) A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.

   Synonym: Celsius scale

   all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted

   a temperature of 34 centigrade

   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎^[1]:

     Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.

4. (countable, archaic) A single degree on this scale.

   Synonyms: degree Celsius, degree centigrade, °C, ℃

   a temperature of 34 centigrades

6. (countable) The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.

Usage notes

Although the temperature scale is formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade remains a commonly used term.

Derived terms

• degree centigrade

Translations

centigrade temperature scale

• Arabic: مِئَوِيّ (miʔawiyy) (adjective)
• Catalan: centígrad
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百分度的 (bǎifēndùde), 攝氏溫度的 / 摄氏温度的 (shèshìwēndùde)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: celsiusasteikko
• German: hundertgradig, hundertteilig, Celsius (de) (an equivalent expression with “hundert” is not used)
• Irish: please add this translation if you can
• Māori: whakarautanga, henekereti, tohurau
• Polish: stopień Celsjusza m
• Swahili: sentigredi (sw)
• Swedish: celsiusgrad c
• Turkish: santigrat (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: سانتیغراد (santigrad)

• Vietnamese: thang bách phân (vi)

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

centigrade (plural centigrades)

1. centigrade (all meanings)

Descendants

• → Persian: سانتیگراد (sântigrâd)

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

centigrade

1. feminine plural of centigrado