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centilitre

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A unit of volume or capacity of one hundredth of a litre. Symbol: cl

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: centiliter, cl

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric capacity unit

History

Etymology

From French centilitre; equivalent to centi- + litre.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: centilitre — 1/100 of a litre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釐升 (líshēng) — 1/100 of a litre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厘升 (líshēng) — 1/100 of a litre
  • Czech: centilitr — 1/100 of a litre
  • Danish: centiliter — 1/100 of a litre
  • Esperanto: centilitro — 1/100 of a litre
  • Finnish: senttilitra — 1/100 of a litre
  • French: centilitre — 1/100 of a litre
  • Galician: centilitro — 1/100 of a litre
  • German: Zentiliter — 1/100 of a litre
  • Hungarian: centiliter — 1/100 of a litre
  • Icelandic: sentilítri — 1/100 of a litre
  • Japanese: センチリットル (senchirittoru) — 1/100 of a litre
  • Korean: 센티리터 (sentiriteo) — 1/100 of a litre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: centiliter — 1/100 of a litre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: centiliter — 1/100 of a litre
  • Polish: centylitr — 1/100 of a litre
  • Portuguese: centilitro — 1/100 of a litre
  • Russian: сантили́тр (santilítr) — 1/100 of a litre
  • Spanish: centilitro — 1/100 of a litre
  • Swedish: centiliter — 1/100 of a litre
  • Tagalog: sentilitro — 1/100 of a litre
  • Telugu: సెంటీలీటరు (seṇṭīlīṭaru) — 1/100 of a litre
  • Thai: เซนติลิตร — 1/100 of a litre
  • Walloon: cintilite — 1/100 of a litre