centimo

See also: céntimo and cêntimo

English

Alternative forms

• céntimo

Etymology

From Spanish céntimo, from Latin centesimus (“one hundredth”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centime, from French.

Noun

centimo (plural centimos)

1. A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.

Related terms

• cent
• centavo m
• centesimal
• centesimo m
• centiem m
• centigram
• centiliter
• centner

 

Anagrams

• Metonic, entomic, nemotic, tonemic