sentral

Cebuano

Etymology

From central azucarera. Literally, “sugar from the town's sugar mill”.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sen‧tral

Noun

sentral

1. brown sugar

   Synonyms: asukar, kalamay, kamay, kinugay

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch centraal (“central”), from French central, from Middle French central, from Latin centrālis. Doublet of senter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntral/
• Hyphenation: sèn‧tral

Adjective

sèntral

1. central

Noun

sèntral (plural sentral-sentral)

1. center (US, Canada), centre (UK, Aus, NZ)

   Synonyms: tengah, pusat, senter

Compounds

• bank sentral
• kunci sentral

Related terms

• senter
• sentra
• sentralisasi

Further reading

• “sentral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ladino

Alternative forms

• santral, central

Adjective

sentral (Hebrew spelling סינטראל)

1. central (at the center/centre)
   • 2007, Moshe 'Ha-Elion, Las angustias del enferno: las pasadias de un djidio de Saloniki en los kampos de eksterminasion almanes Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Melk i Ebensee‎^[1], Sentro Moshe David Gaon de Kultura Djudeo-Espanyola, Universidad Ben-Gurion del Negev, →ISBN, page 17:

     Mi tezia lo meti en primero delantre de una gruta — despues ke tomi la permision de su patron, ke era un konosido de muestra famiya, me parese — serka de la ekstremidad Norte-Oeste de la kaye Egnatia, una de las kayes sentralas de la sivdad.

     I put my desk first in front of an office — then I got my boss’s permission, my boss being an acquaintance for our family, I think — around Egnatia street’s northwest extremity, one of the city’s central streets.

2. (figurative) central (of upmost importance)
   • 1998, Ladinar‎^[2], volume 4, המכון לחקר יהדות שאלוניקי, page 190:

     El projeto ke es el tema sentral de esta avla tiene komo buto remediar esta falta.

     The project that is the central topic of this speech has, as a goal, solving this problem.

   • 2017 June 12, Amor Ayala, Los sefardíes de Bulgaria: Estudio y edición crítica de la obra «Notas istorikas» de Avraam Moshe Tadjer‎^[3], Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 345:

     Egziste en Amerika un komite sentral djidyo de bienfezensya por venir en ayudo de los djudyos de la Evropa menesterozos a kual paiz eyos apartengan.

     In America there is a central Jewish charity committee for helping Europe’s destitute Jews to whose country they belong.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin centralis.

Adjective

sentral (neuter singular sentralt, definite singular and plural sentrale)

1. central

Derived terms

• Sentral-Amerika
• sentralafrikaner
• sentralafrikansk
• sentralbank
• sentralstasjon

Etymology 2

Derived from the adjective.

Noun

sentral m (definite singular sentralen, indefinite plural sentraler, definite plural sentralene)

1. a centre (UK) or center (US) (a central point in a business or organisation)
2. an exchange (such as a telephone exchange)

Derived terms

• telefonsentral

References

• “sentral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtrɑːl/

Etymology 1

From Latin centralis.

Adjective

sentral (neuter singular sentralt, definite singular and plural sentrale)

1. central

Derived terms

• sentralafrikanar
• sentralafrikansk
• Sentral-Amerika
• sentralbank

Etymology 2

Derived from the adjective.

Noun

sentral m (definite singular sentralen, indefinite plural sentralar, definite plural sentralane)

1. a centre (UK) or center (US) (a central point in a business or organisation)
2. an exchange (such as a telephone exchange)

Derived terms

• telefonsentral

References

• “sentral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish central.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /senˈtɾal/ [sɛn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sen‧tral

Adjective

sentrál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔)

1. central; at the center
2. main; central; principal

   Synonyms: pangunahin, puno, sentro

Noun

sentrál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔)

1. main office; headquarters

   Synonym: punong tanggapan

2. (colloquial) sugar central

Derived terms

• sentral asukarera

Related terms

• sentro
• sentralisado
• sentralisasyon
• sentralisa

Venetan

Alternative forms

• sentrale

Etymology

Compare Italian centrale

Adjective

sentralo (feminine singular sentrala, masculine plural sentrali, feminine plural sentrale)

1. central