centímetro
التعريفات والمعاني
== Mecayapan Nahuatl ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish centímetro, from French centimètre.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
centímetro (plural centímetros)
centimeter, centimetre
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From centi- + -metro (“meter”), calqued from French centimètre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -imɨtɾu
Hyphenation: cen‧tí‧me‧tro
=== Noun ===
centímetro m (plural centímetros)
centimetre
==== Descendants ====
→ Guajajára: xenxim
=== Further reading ===
“centímetro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“centímetro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From centi- + -metro (“meter”), calqued from French centimètre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /θenˈtimetɾo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪i.me.t̪ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /senˈtimetɾo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪i.me.t̪ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -imetɾo
Syllabification: cen‧tí‧me‧tro
=== Noun ===
centímetro m (plural centímetros)
centimetre
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: centímetro
→ Tagalog: sentimetro
=== Further reading ===
“centímetro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025