epicenter

English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ center.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə/

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Noun

epicenter (plural epicenters)

1. US standard spelling of epicentre.
   • 2024 August 7, Elizabeth Wolfe, “5.2 magnitude earthquake near Bakersfield rumbles through Southern California”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 August 2024:

     The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake’s epicenter hit about 15 miles southwest of Lamont – and roughly 25 miles south of Bakersfield – around 9:09 p.m. PT.

   • 2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 November 2025:

     Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards.

Antonyms

• hypocenter

Hyponyms

• ground zero

Verb

epicenter (third-person singular simple present epicenters, present participle epicentering, simple past and past participle epicentered)

1. US standard spelling of epicentre.

Anagrams

• epicentre

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛpit͡sèːntər/, /ɛpit͡séːntər/, /ɛpit͡sɛ̀ːntər/, /ɛpit͡sɛ́ːntər/

Noun

epicẹ̄ntər or epicēntər m inan

1. epicentre

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	epicénter
gen. sing.	epicéntra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	epicénter	epicéntra	epicéntri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	epicéntra	epicéntrov	epicéntrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	epicéntru	epicéntroma	epicéntrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	epicénter	epicéntra	epicéntre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	epicéntru	epicéntrih	epicéntrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	epicéntrom	epicéntroma	epicéntri

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	epicênter
gen. sing.	epicêntra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	epicênter	epicêntra	epicêntri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	epicêntra	epicêntrov	epicêntrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	epicêntru	epicêntroma	epicêntrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	epicênter	epicêntra	epicêntre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	epicêntru	epicêntrih	epicêntrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	epicêntrom	epicêntroma	epicêntri