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7-letter words (1 found)

CENTRUM,

6-letter words (4 found)

CENTUM,CRUMEN,MUNTER,RECTUM,

5-letter words (13 found)

CENTU,CRUET,CURET,CUTER,ERUCT,MUTER,RECUT,RUMEN,TRUCE,TUNER,TURME,UNMET,URENT,

4-letter words (29 found)

CENT,CERT,CREM,CRUE,CUNT,CURE,CURN,CURT,CUTE,ECRU,MENT,MENU,MERC,MUNT,MURE,MUTE,NEUM,RENT,RUME,RUNE,RUNT,TERM,TERN,TREM,TRUE,TUNE,TURM,TURN,UNCE,

3-letter words (34 found)

CRU,CUE,CUM,CUR,CUT,ECU,EMU,ERM,ERN,MEN,MET,MEU,MUN,MUT,NET,NUR,NUT,REC,REM,REN,RET,RUC,RUE,RUM,RUN,RUT,TEC,TEN,TUM,TUN,UME,URE,URN,UTE,

2-letter words (14 found)

EM,EN,ER,ET,ME,MU,NE,NU,RE,TE,UM,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 96 words from centrum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of centrum

centrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum. Doublet of centre.

Noun

centrum (plural centra)

  1. A centre.
  2. (anatomy)
    1. The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
    2. The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
  3. (seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.

Derived terms

  • intercentrum
  • pleurocentrum

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντέω (kentéō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]

Noun

centrum n

  1. centre (of a city)
    Synonym: střed
    Antonyms: okraj, periferie
    Hotel se nachází v centru města. ― The hotel is located downtown
  2. centre (place where activity occurs)
    Synonym: středisko

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Further reading

  • centrum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • centrum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • centrum in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.trʏm/
  • Hyphenation: cen‧trum

Noun

centrum n (plural centra or centrums, diminutive centrumpje n)

  1. the centre, middle of focal part (e.g. of activity)
  2. (geometry) centre (UK)
  3. a centre, centralised facility; also, gathering place
  4. city centre, town centre
    Synonyms: binnenstad, stadscentrum, stadshart, stadskern

Derived terms

Related terms

  • centraal
  • centreren

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: sentrum
  • → Indonesian: sentra (from the plural)

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]
  • Hyphenation: cent‧rum
  • Rhymes: -um

Noun

centrum (plural centrumok)

  1. centre (the middle of)
  2. centre (of a city)
  3. centre (of an activity)
  4. (geometry) centre
  5. (politics) the Centre

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Further reading

  • centrum in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • centrum in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈken.trum/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.trum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪rum]

Noun

centrum n (genitive centrī); second declension

  1. centre

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

  • centrālis

Descendants

References

  • “centrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • centrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • centrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛn.trum/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntrum
  • Syllabification: cen‧trum

Noun

centrum n

  1. centre (of a city)
  2. centre (the middle part of)
    Synonym: środek
  3. centre (of an activity)
  4. (politics) the Centre

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • centrum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • centrum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum. Doublet of center.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²sɛnːtrɵm/

Noun

centrum n

  1. centre; the middle of something
  2. centre; place where a function or activity occurs
  3. the central areas of a city or a suburb

Usage notes

  • The various declensions are not tied to different meanings of the word, only a sign of the bewilderness of how best to fit this Latin word into Swedish.
  • Swedish uses centrum for the shops at the centre of a suburb (Farsta) or small and medium-sized town (Uppsala), while the centre of a larger city (Stockholm) is often called city.

Declension

Derived terms

  • i händelsernas centrum
  • köpcentrum

Related terms

  • central
  • centrera

Turkish

Etymology

From Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒɛnt.ɾum/

Noun

centrum (definite accusative centrumu, plural centrumlar)

  1. centre (central area of a city)

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org