prefix
Meaning 1
one-hundredth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
centi-
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Pronunciation
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prefix
Meaning 2
one-hundredth
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−2. Symbol: c
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme, specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 3
hundred
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- centimillionaire
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hecato-, hecto-
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Latin centi-bor. French centi-bor. English centi- From French centi- and its etymon Latin centi-, from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of hecato- and hecto-.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: санты- (santy-) — 10-2
- Bulgarian: санти- (santi-) — 10-2
- Chinese: 厘- (lí-) — 10-2
- Czech: centi- — 10-2
- Dutch: centi- — 10-2
- Finnish: sentti- — 10-2
- French: centi- — 10-2
- Galician: centi- — 10-2
- German: zenti- — 10-2
- Hebrew: ־סנטי (sant'i-) — 10-2
- Hindi: शति- (śati-) — 10-2
- Hungarian: centi- — 10-2
- Ido: centi- — 10-2
- Indonesian: senti- — 10-2
- Ingrian: santi- — 10-2
- Japanese: センチ- (senchi-) — 10-2
- Malay: senti- — 10-2
- Marathi: शति- (śati-) — 10-2
- Nepali: शति- (śati-) — 10-2
- Norwegian Bokmål: centi- — 10-2
- Norwegian Bokmål: c — 10-2
- Polish: centy- — 10-2
- Portuguese: centi- — 10-2
- Russian: санти- (santi-) — 10-2
- Spanish: centi- — 10-2
- Tagalog: kadan- — 10-2
- Thai: เซนติ- (sen-dtì-) — 10-2
- Vietnamese: xen-ti — 10-2
- Vietnamese: xăng-ti — 10-2
- Yiddish: צענטי־ (tsenti-) — 10-2