centi-

centi-

See also: centi

English

Etymology

From Latin centum (“hundred”), via French.

Prefix

SI prefix

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centi-

1. hundred; one-hundredth
2. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10^-2. Symbol: c

Usage notes

This prefix is used somewhat less frequently since the centimetre–gram–second (CGS) system of units was superseded as a technical standard by the metre–kilogram–second (MKS) system of units and then the International System of Units (SI). For example, "1 cm" (one centimetre) may often be written instead as either "10 mm" or "0.01 m", depending on scientific discipline. However, the use of centimetres is still quite common both in the literature of the health sciences and in general education.

Derived terms

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Related terms

• centigram
• centilitre
• centimetre
• centiare
• centipede

Translations

10^-2

Bulgarian: санти- (santi-) Chinese: 厘- (lí-) Czech: centi- (cs) Dutch: centi- (nl) Finnish: sentti- (fi) French: centi- (fr) Galician: centi- (gl) German: zenti- Hebrew: -סנטי (sant'i-) Hindi: शति- (śati-) Hungarian: centi-

Ido: centi- Indonesian: senti- Japanese: センチ- (senchi-) Malay: senti- Marathi: शति- (śati-) Nepali: शति- (śati-) Polish: centy- Portuguese: centi- (pt) Russian: санти- (ru) (santi-) Tagalog: kadan- Yiddish: צענטי־‎ (tsenti-)

See also

• hecto-

Anagrams

• ceint, cetin

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Czech

Prefix

centi-

1. centi-

Derived terms

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Further reading

• centi- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• centi- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Prefix

centi-

1. centi-

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Dutch

Etymology

From French centi-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

centi-

1. centi-

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French

Prefix

centi-

1. centi-

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin centum (“hundred”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛnti]
• Hyphenation: cen‧ti

Prefix

centi-

1. (noun prefix) centi-

   méter (“meter”) → centiméter (“centimeter”)

Derived terms

• centigramm
• centiméter

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References

1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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Italian

Prefix

centi-

1. centi-

Related terms

• cent
• cento

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Latin

Etymology

From centum (“hundred”)

Prefix

centi-

1. one hundred-, hundred-; indicates a count of one hundred items

Derived terms

• centiceps
• centifidus
• centifolia
• centimanus

• centimetrum
• centinōdius
• centipeda
• centipelliō
• centipēs

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Portuguese

Prefix

centi-

1. centi- (one hundredth)