epicentre

See also: épicentre

English

Alternative forms

• epicenter (US)

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”).

• epi- +‎ centre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə/

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Noun

epicentre (plural epicentres)

1. (seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.
2. (military) The point on the surface of the earth directly above an underground explosion.
3. (figuratively) The focal point of any activity, especially if dangerous or destructive.

Related terms

• epicentral

Antonyms

• hypocentre

Hyponyms

• ground zero

Translations

point above earthquake

• Arabic: مَرْكَز (ar) m (markaz), مَرْكَز اَلزِّلْزَال m (markaz az-zilzāl)
• Armenian: էպիկենտրոն (hy) (ēpikentron)
• Asturian: epicentru m
• Belarusian: эпіцэ́нтр m (epicéntr)
• Breton: epikreizenn
• Bulgarian: епице́нтър m (epicéntǎr)
• Catalan: epicentre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 震央 (zh) (zhènyāng), 震中 (zh) (zhènzhōng), 震中心 (zhènzhōngxīn)

• Czech: epicentrum m
• Danish: epicenter (da)
• Dutch: epicentrum (nl)
• Esperanto: surcentro
• Estonian: epitsenter
• Finnish: episentrumi (fi), episentri (fi)
• French: épicentre (fr) m
• Galician: epicentro (gl) m
• German: Epizentrum (de) n
• Greek: επίκεντρο (el) n (epíkentro)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: epicentrum (hu)
• Icelandic: skjálftamiðja f
• Indonesian: episenter
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• Irish: eipealár m
• Italian: epicentro (it) m
• Japanese: 震源地 (しんげんち, shingenchi) (common), 震央 (ja) (しんおう, shin'ō) (academic), 震源 (ja) (しんげん, shingen)
• Latvian: epicentrs m
• Lithuanian: epicentras m
• Low German: epizentrum
• Malay: epipusat
• Norwegian: episenter
• Oromo: epicenter
• Polish: epicentrum (pl) m
• Portuguese: epicentro (pt) m
• Russian: эпице́нтр (ru) m (epicéntr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: епицентар m

  Roman: epicentar (sh) m

• Slovak: epicentrum (sk) n
• Slovene: epicenter (sl) m
• Spanish: epicentro (es) m
• Swedish: epicentrum (sv)
• Thai: ศูนย์กลาง (th) (sŏon glaang)
• Ukrainian: епіце́нтр m (epicéntr)
• Vietnamese: chấn tâm

focal point of activity

• Armenian: էպիկենտրոն (hy) (ēpikentron)
• Finnish: keskipiste (fi)
• French: épicentre (fr) m
• Greek: επίκεντρο (el) n (epíkentro)
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• Irish: croílár m, ceartlár m, croí (ga) m, airmheán m
• Japanese: 震源地 (しんげんち, shingenchi)
• Latvian: epicentrs m
• Polish: epicentrum (pl) m

Anagrams

• epicenter

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛpʲɪt͡sʲɛnʲtʲˈrʲɛ]
• IPA^(key): [ɛpʲɪˈt͡sʲɛnʲtʲrʲɛ]

Noun

epicentrè m

1. locative singular of epicentras

Noun

epiceñtre m

1. vocative singular of epicentras