centner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.
A nonstandard metric unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, commonly used as an agricultural measure in Eastern Bloc countries (similar to a bushel).

/ˈsɛntnəɹ/

centner centners

Probably from Low German, cp. German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight. Doublet of centenary, kantar, and quintal.

cent centavo centesimal centesimo centiem centigram centiliter centimo

French: quintal French: centner German: Zentner German: Doppelzentner Swedish: centner Hungarian: mázsa Ingrian: tsentnera

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