Meanings
plural centimetres · alternative US centimeter
- metrologyAn SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre
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Holonyms: decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second).
2025 August 28, “The International System of Units (SI)”, in Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025, page 147
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
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nouna metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchcentimètre
- Englishcentimetre
Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.
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Arabic سِنْتِيمِتْر
- سِنْتِيمِتْر (sintīmitr)one-hundredth of a metre
Bengali সেন্টিমিটার
- সেন্টিমিটার (śenṭimiṭar)one-hundredth of a metre
Bulgarian сантиме́тър
- сантиме́тър (santimétăr)one-hundredth of a metre
Catalan centímetre
- centímetreone-hundredth of a metre
Chinese Cantonese 釐米 /厘米, 公分
- 釐米 /厘米 (lei⁴ mai⁵)one-hundredth of a metre
- 公分 (gung¹ fan¹)one-hundredth of a metre
Chinese Mandarin 釐米 /厘米, 公分
- 釐米 /厘米 (límǐ)one-hundredth of a metre
- 公分 (gōngfēn)one-hundredth of a metre
Czech centimetr
- centimetrone-hundredth of a metre
Danish centimeter
- centimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Dutch centimeter
- centimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Esperanto centimetro
- centimetroone-hundredth of a metre
Finnish senttimetri
- senttimetrione-hundredth of a metre
French centimètre
- centimètreone-hundredth of a metre
German Zentimeter
- Zentimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Greek εκατοστόμετρο
- εκατοστόμετρο (ekatostómetro)one-hundredth of a metre
Hebrew סֶנְטִימֶטֶר
- סֶנְטִימֶטֶר (sentiméter)one-hundredth of a metre
Hindi सेंटीमीटर
- सेंटीमीटर (sẽṭīmīṭar)one-hundredth of a metre
Hungarian centiméter
- centiméterone-hundredth of a metre
Icelandic sentimetri
- sentimetrione-hundredth of a metre
Indonesian sentimeter
- sentimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Irish ceintiméadar
- ceintiméadarone-hundredth of a metre
Italian centimetro
- centimetroone-hundredth of a metre
Japanese センチメートル, センチ
- センチメートル (senchimētoru)one-hundredth of a metre
- センチ (senchi)one-hundredth of a metre
Korean 센티미터, 센티
- 센티미터 (sentimiteo)one-hundredth of a metre
- 센티 (senti)one-hundredth of a metre
- 센치 (senchi)one-hundredth of a metre
Latin centimetrum
- centimetrumone-hundredth of a metre
Malay sentimeter
- sentimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Norwegian Bokmål centimeter
- centimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Polish centymetr
- centymetrone-hundredth of a metre
Portuguese centímetro
- centímetroone-hundredth of a metre
Romanian centimetru
- centimetruone-hundredth of a metre
Russian сантиме́тр
- сантиме́тр (santimétr)one-hundredth of a metre
Scottish Gaelic ceudameatair
- ceudameatairone-hundredth of a metre
Slovak centimeter
- centimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Spanish centímetro
- centímetroone-hundredth of a metre
Swahili sentimita
- sentimitaone-hundredth of a metre
Swedish centimeter
- centimeterone-hundredth of a metre
Tagalog sentimetro
- sentimetroone-hundredth of a metre
Thai เซนติเมตร
- เซนติเมตร (sen-dtì-méet)one-hundredth of a metre
Turkish santimetre, santim
- santimetreone-hundredth of a metre
- santimone-hundredth of a metre
Ukrainian сантиме́тр
- сантиме́тр (santymétr)one-hundredth of a metre
Urdu سینٹیمیٹر
- سینٹیمیٹر (seṇṭīmīṭar)one-hundredth of a metre
Vietnamese xen-ti-mét, xăng-ti-mét
- xen-ti-métone-hundredth of a metre
- xăng-ti-métone-hundredth of a metre
- phânone-hundredth of a metre
Welsh centimetr
- centimetrone-hundredth of a metre
Yiddish צענטימעטער
- צענטימעטער (tsentimeter)one-hundredth of a metre
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Cite this entry
centimetre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centimetre
“centimetre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centimetre. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centimetre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centimetre.
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