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An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres. Symbol: cm
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: metrology
Examples
Holonyms: decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cm
Antonyms: none provided
a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: centimeter, cm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metric linear unit
Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
سِنْتِيمِتْر
(sintīmitr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Arabic :
سنتيم
(santīm)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Armenian :
սանտիմետր
(santimetr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Asturian :
centímetru
— one-hundredth of a metre
Azerbaijani :
santimetr
— one-hundredth of a metre
Belarusian :
сантыме́тр
(santymjétr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Bengali :
সেন্টিমিটার
(śenṭimiṭar)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Bulgarian :
сантиме́тър
(santimétǎr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Catalan :
centímetre
— one-hundredth of a metre
Chinese Cantonese :
釐米 /厘米
(lei4 mai5)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Chinese Cantonese :
公分
(gung1 fan1)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Hakka Chinese :
公分
(kûng-fûn)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Chinese :
公分
(zh-min-nan)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Chinese Mandarin :
釐米 /厘米
(límǐ)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Chinese Mandarin :
公分
(gōngfēn)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Czech :
centimetr
— one-hundredth of a metre
Danish :
centimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Dutch :
centimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Esperanto :
centimetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Faroese :
sentimetur
— one-hundredth of a metre
Finnish :
senttimetri
— one-hundredth of a metre
French :
centimètre
— one-hundredth of a metre
Galician :
centímetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Georgian :
სანტიმეტრი
(sanṭimeṭri)
— one-hundredth of a metre
German :
Zentimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Greek :
εκατοστόμετρο
(ekatostómetro)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Hebrew :
סֶנְטִימֶטֶר
(sentiméter)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Hindi :
सेंटीमीटर
(sẽṭīmīṭar)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Hungarian :
centiméter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Icelandic :
sentimetri
— one-hundredth of a metre
Ido :
centimetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Indonesian :
sentimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Interlingua :
centimetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Irish :
ceintiméadar
— one-hundredth of a metre
Italian :
centimetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Japanese :
センチメートル
(senchimētoru)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Japanese :
センチ
(senchi)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Kannada :
ಸೆಂಟೀಮೀಟರು
(seṇṭīmīṭaru)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Khmer :
សង់ទីម៉ែត្រ
(sɑngtimaet)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Korean :
센티미터
(sentimiteo)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Korean :
센티
(senti)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Korean :
센치
(senchi)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Lao :
ເຊັນຕີແມັດ
(sen tī mæt)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Latin :
centimetrum
— one-hundredth of a metre
Lü :
ᦌᦵᧃᦎᦲᦙᦶᧆ
(senṫiimaed)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Macedonian :
сантиме́тар
(santimétar)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Malay :
sentimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Mongolian :
сантиметр
(santimetr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Mongolian :
ᠰᠠᠨ᠋ᠲ᠋ᠢᠮᠧᠲ᠋ᠷ
(santimētr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Norwegian Bokmål :
centimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Norwegian Nynorsk :
centimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Persian :
سانتیمتر
(sânti-metr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Polish :
centymetr
— one-hundredth of a metre
Portuguese :
centímetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Romanian :
centimetru
— one-hundredth of a metre
Russian :
сантиме́тр
(santimétr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Sanskrit :
शतिमान
(śatimāna)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Scottish Gaelic :
ceudameatair
— one-hundredth of a metre
Serbo-Croatian :
центиметар
— one-hundredth of a metre
Serbo-Croatian :
centimetar
— one-hundredth of a metre
Shan :
သဵၼ္တိမႅတ်
— one-hundredth of a metre
Sinhalese :
සෙන්ටීමීටර්
(senṭīmīṭar)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Sinhalese :
සෙණ්ටීමීටර්
(seṇṭīmīṭar)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Slovak :
centimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Slovene :
centimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Spanish :
centímetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Swahili :
sentimita
— one-hundredth of a metre
Swedish :
centimeter
— one-hundredth of a metre
Tagalog :
sentimetro
— one-hundredth of a metre
Telugu :
సెంటీమీటరు
(seṇṭīmīṭaru)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Thai :
เซนติเมตร
(sen-dtì-méet)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Turkish :
santimetre
— one-hundredth of a metre
Turkish :
santim
— one-hundredth of a metre
Ukrainian :
сантиме́тр
(santymétr)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Urdu :
سینٹیمیٹر
(seṇṭīmīṭar)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Uyghur :
سانتىمېتىر
(santimëtir)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Vietnamese :
xen-ti-mét
— one-hundredth of a metre
Vietnamese :
xăng-ti-mét
— one-hundredth of a metre
Vietnamese :
phân
— one-hundredth of a metre
Welsh :
centimetr
— one-hundredth of a metre
Yiddish :
צענטימעטער
(tsentimeter)
— one-hundredth of a metre
Yoruba :
sẹ̀ǹtímítà
— one-hundredth of a metre