centre

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English

Alternative forms

• center (US)

Etymology

From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.tɚ/, [ˈsɛ.ɾ̃ɚ]
  • (pin–pen merger, nt-flapping) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ]
• Hyphenation: cen‧tre
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
• Homophone: sinner (pin–pen merger, nt-flapping)
• Homophone: center

Noun

centre (plural centres)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
   • (middle portion)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

centre (third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• recent, center, Recent, Center, tenrec

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsen.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsen.tɾe]

Noun

centre m (plural centres)

1. center (point in the interior of a circle)
2. center (middle portion of something)
3. center (place where some function or activity occurs)
4. center (topic that is particularly important)
5. downtown (business center of a city)

Derived terms

Related terms

• central
• cèntric

Further reading

• “centre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “centre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “centre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “centre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sentre]
• Rhymes: -entre
• Hyphenation: cen‧tre

Adverb

centre

1. centrally

French

Etymology

From Old French centre (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃tʁ/
  • (FR) IPA^(key): [sɒ̃tʁ], [sɒ̃tχ]

Noun

centre m (plural centres)

1. centre, center
2. (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “centre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• créent
• récent

Lithuanian

Noun

centrè

1. locative singular of ceñtras (“centre”)

Noun

ceñtre

1. vocative singular of ceñtras (“centre”)

Portuguese

Verb

centre

1. inflection of centrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

centre

1. inflection of centrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative