centimetro

See also: centímetro and centimetrò

Esperanto

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sentiˈmetro]

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• Rhymes: -etro
• Hyphenation: cen‧ti‧me‧tro

Noun

centimetro (accusative singular centimetron, plural centimetroj, accusative plural centimetrojn)

1. centimetre

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English centimetre, French centimètre, German Zentimeter, Italian centimetro, Spanish centímetro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sentiˈmetro/

Noun

centimetro (plural centimetri)

1. centimetre

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈti.me.tro/
• Rhymes: -imetro
• Hyphenation: cen‧tì‧me‧tro

Etymology 1

From centi- +‎ metro, modelled on French centimètre.

Noun

centimetro m (plural centimetri)

1. centimetre

Related terms

• centimetrare
• centimetrico
• cento
• metro

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

centimetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centimetrare

Further reading

• centimetro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• centimetro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• centimetro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• centimetro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• centìmetro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• centìmetro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana