centime

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noun

A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.

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pennycent
OriginFrench centime →
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Meanings

nouncentime (plural centimes)

plural centimes

  1. historicalA former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.

    What luck you've got / It's worth a centime, my dear

    1983, Herbert Kretzmer, “Lovely Ladies”, in Les Misérables
  2. A coin having face value of one centime.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

Similar
pennycent
Broader
coin
Also see
centpenny

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcentime
  2. Englishcentime

Borrowed from French centime. By surface analysis, cent- + -ime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 生丁
  • 生丁 (shēngdīng)subunit of currency
French centime, pièce d'un centime
  • centimesubunit of currency
  • pièce d'un centimecoin
  • centimecoin
German Centime, Rappen
  • Centimesubunit of currency
  • Rappensubunit of currency
Japanese サンチーム
  • サンチーム (sanchīmu)subunit of currency
Korean 상팀
  • 상팀 (sangtim)subunit of currency
Romanian cent
  • centsubunit of currency
Russian санти́м
  • санти́м (santím)subunit of currency

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with centime

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

centime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centime

MLA

“centime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centime. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centime.

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