centrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum. Doublet of centre / center.

Noun

centrum (plural centra)

1. A center.
2. (anatomy)
   1. The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
   2. The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
3. (seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.

Derived terms

• intercentrum
• pleurocentrum

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Czech

Etymology

From Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντέω (kentéō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]

• Audio:

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Noun

centrum n

1. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)

   Synonym: střed

   Antonyms: okraj, periferie

2. center (US); centre (UK) (place where activity occurs)

   Synonym: středisko

Derived terms

• zdravotní centrum
• nákupní centrum

Related terms

• antropocentrický
• antropocentrismus
• centralismus
• centralista
• centralistický
• centralizace
• centralizovat
• centrála
• centrální
• centrifuga
• centrismus
• centrista
• centromera
• centrovat
• decentralizace
• decentralizovat
• egocentrický
• egocentrismus
• ekocentrum
• excentrický
• excentrik
• fitcentrum
• geocentrický
• geocentrismus
• heliocentrický
• heliocentrismus
• koncentrace
• koncentrák
• koncentrát
• koncentricita
• koncentrický
• koncentrovat
• pragocentrismus

 

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.trʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cen‧trum

Noun

centrum n (plural centra or centrums, diminutive centrumpje n)

1. center (US); centre (UK) (e.g. of activity)
2. (geometry) center (US), centre (UK)
3. city centre

   Synonyms: binnenstad, stadscentrum, stadshart, stadskern

Derived terms

• centrumlinks
• centrumrechts
• stadscentrum

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]
• Hyphenation: cent‧rum

Noun

centrum (plural centrumok)

1. center (US); centre (UK) (the middle of)
2. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)
3. center (US); centre (UK) (of an activity)
4. (geometry) center (US); centre (UK)
5. (politics) the Center (US); Centre (UK)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centrumok
accusative	centrumot	centrumokat
dative	centrumnak	centrumoknak
instrumental	centrummal	centrumokkal
causal-final	centrumért	centrumokért
translative	centrummá	centrumokká
terminative	centrumig	centrumokig
essive-formal	centrumként	centrumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	centrumban	centrumokban
superessive	centrumon	centrumokon
adessive	centrumnál	centrumoknál
illative	centrumba	centrumokba
sublative	centrumra	centrumokra
allative	centrumhoz	centrumokhoz
elative	centrumból	centrumokból
delative	centrumról	centrumokról
ablative	centrumtól	centrumoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	centrumé	centrumoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	centruméi	centrumokéi

Possessive forms of centrum
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	centrumom	centrumaim
2nd person sing.	centrumod	centrumaid
3rd person sing.	centruma	centrumai
1st person plural	centrumunk	centrumaink
2nd person plural	centrumotok	centrumaitok
3rd person plural	centrumuk	centrumaik

Related terms

• centrális

See also

• center

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Latin

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈken.trum/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.trum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪rum]

Noun

centrum n (genitive centrī); second declension

1. center (US); centre (UK)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	centrum	centra
Genitive	centrī	centrōrum
Dative	centrō	centrīs
Accusative	centrum	centra
Ablative	centrō	centrīs
Vocative	centrum	centra

Derived terms

• centrālis

Descendants

• → Albanian: qendër
• → Bulgarian: център (centǎr)
• → Catalan: centre
• → Dutch: centrum
• → English: center (US); centre (UK)
• → French: centre
• → Galician: centre
• → German: Zentrum
• → Italian: centro
• → Norwegian: sentrum
• → Latvian: centrs
• → Occitan: centre
• → Portuguese: centro
• → Romanian: centru
• → Russian: центр (centr)
• → Serbo-Croatian: центар / centar
• → Spanish: centro
• → Swedish: centrum, central

References

• “centrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• centrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• centrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛn.trum/

• Audio:

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Noun

centrum n

1. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)
2. center (US); centre (UK) (the middle of)
3. center (US); centre (UK) (of an activity)
4. (politics) the Center (US); Centre (UK)

Declension

Declension of centrum

	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centra
genitive	centrum	centrów
dative	centrum	centrom
accusative	centrum	centra
instrumental	centrum	centrami
locative	centrum	centrach
vocative	centrum	centra

Synonyms

• (middle): środek

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

centrum c

1. center (US); centre (UK); the middle of something
2. center (US); centre (UK); place where a function or activity occurs
3. the central areas of a city or a suburb

Usage notes

• The various declensions are not tied to different meanings of the word, only a sign of the bewilderness of how best to fit this Latin word into Swedish.
• Swedish uses centrum for the shops at the centre of a suburb (Farsta) or small and medium-sized town (Uppsala), while the centre of a larger city (Stockholm) is often called city.

Declension

Declension of centrum
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	centrum	centrumet	centrum	centrumen
Genitive	centrums	centrumets	centrums	centrumens

Declension of centrum
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	centrum	centret	centrer	centrerna
Genitive	centrums	centrets	centrers	centrernas

Declension of centrum
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	centrum	centrum	centra	centra
Genitive	centrums	centrums	centras	centras

Derived terms

• i händelsernas centrum
• köpcentrum

Related terms

• center
• central
• centrera