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noun
A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A coin having face value of one centime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: penny, cent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coin
Narrower terms: copper, new penny
noun
a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fractional monetary unit, subunit
Narrower terms: Algerian centime, Haitian centime
History
Borrowed from French centime. By surface analysis, cent- + -ime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
