English Explanatory Dictionary

centimo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.

Pronunciation

sĕn′tə-mō′

Word forms

centimo centimos céntimo cêntimo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish céntimo, derived from French centime, from cent (on the model of décime), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centim, centime, and santim.

Related words

cent centavo centesimal centesimo centiem centigram centiliter centner
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