English Explanatory Dictionary

centre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of center.
name
  1. A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
  2. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Alabama.
  3. Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛntəː/ [ˈsɛntʰəː] /ˈsɛntɚ/ [ˈsɛntʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɛntʰɹ̩] /ˈsɛɾ̃ɚ/ [ˈsɛɾ̃ɚ] ~ [ˈsɛɾ̃ɹ̩] en-US center (nasal flapping).ogg /ˈsɪntɚ/ [ˈsɪ̟ntʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ntʰɹ̩] En-us-center.ogg /ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ/ [ˈsɪ̟ɾ̃ɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ɾ̃ɹ̩]

Word forms

centre centres center centring centreing centred

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.

Derived words

acentrous alt-centre barycentre biocentre Catapult centre centrebit centreboard Centre County centredness centrefield centrefold centre forward centreground Centre Hastings centre-left centreline Centrelink centreman centre mark centremost centre of attention centre of buoyancy centre of cavity centre of curvature centre of displacement centre of effort centre of flotation centre of gravity centre of inertia centre of lift centre of mass centrepiece centrepin centrepunch centreright centre-right centre stage Centreville centreward centrish centrism centroid chromocentre civic centre colour centre concentre cooling centre daycare centre day centre decentre ecocentre epicentre F-centre friendship centre front-and-centre garden centre hypocentre isocentre Jobcentre megacentre
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