centre

Borrowed from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.tɚ/, [ˈsɛ.ɾ̃ɚ]
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛntə(r)
• Homophone: sinner (pin-pen merger)
• Homophone: center

centre (plural centres)

1. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center. There is evidence that this is an older spelling in the United States, especially in some place names.

centre (third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)

1. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center

• Center, center, recent, tenrec

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾe/

centre m (plural centres)

1. center (point in the interior of a circle)
2. center (middle portion of something)
3. center (place where some function or activity occurs)
4. center (topic that is particularly important)
5. downtown (business center of a city)

• central
• cèntric

• “centre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “centre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “centre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “centre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

centre

1. centrally

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃tʁ/

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centre m (plural centres)

1. centre, center
2. (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area

• centre commercial
• centre-ville
• Centre-Val de Loire

• “centre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• créent
• récent

centre

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
3. first-person singular imperative of centrar
4. third-person singular imperative of centrar

centre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of centrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of centrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of centrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of centrar.