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centimetre

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.miː.tə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • dated: /ˈsɑ̃.-/
  • dated: /ˈsɒn.-/
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 N T AH0 M IY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

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
  • : 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