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7-letter words (1 found)

CENTRAL,

6-letter words (22 found)

ALTERN,ANTLER,CANTER,CANTLE,CARNET,CARTEL,CENTAL,CENTRA,CLARET,CREANT,LANCER,LANCET,LEARNT,NECTAR,RANCEL,RECANT,RECTAL,RENTAL,TANREC,TARCEL,TERNAL,TRANCE,

5-letter words (38 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ANCLE,ANTRE,ARTEL,CANER,CARET,CARLE,CARTE,CATER,CLART,CLEAN,CLEAR,CLEAT,CRANE,CRATE,CRENA,EARNT,ECLAT,ENACT,LACER,LACET,LANCE,LARNT,LATEN,LATER,LEANT,LEARN,NACRE,NERAL,RANCE,RATEL,REACT,RECAL,RECTA,RENAL,TALER,TRACE,

4-letter words (59 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ALEC,ANCE,ANTE,ARET,ARLE,CANE,CANT,CARE,CARL,CARN,CART,CATE,CELT,CENT,CERT,CLAN,CLAT,CRAN,EARL,EARN,ELAN,ETNA,LACE,LAER,LANE,LANT,LARE,LARN,LATE,LEAN,LEAR,LEAT,LENT,NARC,NARE,NEAL,NEAR,NEAT,RACE,RALE,RANT,RATE,REAL,REAN,RENT,TACE,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAL,TEAR,TELA,TERN,

3-letter words (42 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ANE,ANT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAL,CAN,CAR,CAT,CEL,EAN,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ERN,ETA,LAC,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,NAE,NAT,NET,RAN,RAT,REC,REN,RET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEC,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AL,AN,AR,AT,EA,EL,EN,ER,ET,LA,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 179 words from central according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of central

central

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), equivalent to centre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl

Adjective

central (comparative more central, superlative most central)

  1. Being in the centre.
  2. Having or containing the centre of something.
  3. Being very important, or key to something.
    Synonyms: dominant, main, principal
  4. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • center

Translations

Noun

central (plural centrals)

  1. (especially US) centre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [sənˈtɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [senˈtɾal]

Adjective

central m or f (masculine and feminine plural centrals)

  1. central (being in the centre)

Derived terms

  • centralment
  • centralitat
  • centralitzar

Related terms

  • centre

Noun

central f (plural centrals)

  1. nexus; headquarters (non-military); central office
  2. (electricity) power plant

Synonyms

  • seu (“seat or headquarters”)

Antonyms

  • sucursal (“branch office”)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “central” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “central”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “central” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “central” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centralis.

Noun

central c (singular definite centralen, plural indefinite centraler)

  1. headquarters, place whence organizations are administrated

Declension

Adjective

central

  1. central, being in the centre

Inflection

References

  • “central” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis. By surface analysis, centre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tʁal/

Adjective

central (feminine centrale, masculine plural centraux, feminine plural centrales)

  1. central
    Antonym: périphérique

Derived terms

  • banque centrale
  • chauffage central (“central heating”)
  • Massif central
  • rond central
  • système nerveux central
  • unité centrale
  • vision centrale

Related terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: santral

Further reading

  • “central”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • raclent

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Adjective

central m or f (plural centrais)

  1. central

Derived terms

  • centralismo
  • centralista
  • centralizar

Related terms

  • centro

Further reading

  • “central” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

central m (feminine singular centrala, masculine plural centrals, feminine plural centralas)

  1. central

Related terms

  • centre

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tral

Adjective

central m or f (plural centrais)

  1. central

Derived terms

  • centralmente

Noun

central f (plural centrais)

  1. centre
  2. headquarters
  3. (Portugal, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team)

Derived terms

  • central elétrica
  • central nuclear
  • central de carvão

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French central, Latin centrālis. By surface analysis, centru +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃenˈtral]

Adjective

central m or n (feminine singular centrală, masculine plural centrali, feminine and neuter plural centrale)

  1. central, pivotal, nodal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈtɾal/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /senˈtɾal/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cen‧tral

Adjective

central m or f (masculine and feminine plural centrales)

  1. central

Derived terms

Noun

central f (plural centrales)

  1. headquarter
  2. center
  3. power station
    Synonym: centra eléctrica

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “central”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“center point”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

central

  1. central, centralized, situated at the centre (of a town)
  2. central, important
Declension
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Etymology 2

Clipping of centralstation, or any other compound of the adjective.

Noun

central c

  1. a central, a centre, a central station, a junction, a connection point, an electrical switchboard
Declension
Related terms

References

  • central in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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