central
English
/ˈsɛntɹəl/
adj
Definitions
- Being in the centre.
- Having or containing the centre of something.
- Being very important, or key to something.
- (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrālis (central) derived from Ancient Greek κέντρον (sharp point, center, goad, thorn, something with a sharp point, centre, centre of a circle, spur).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κέντρον
Gloss
sharp point, center, goad, thorn, something with a sharp point, centre, centre of a circle, spur
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
央
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anterocentral English
- bicentral English
- caudocentral English
- centralisation English
- centralise English
- centralish English
- centralism English
- centralist English
- centrality English
- centralize English
- centralizer English
- centrally English
- centralmost English
- centralness English
- costocentral English
- craniocentral English
- decentral English
- decentralise English
- decentralize English
- decentrally English
- dorsocentral English
- eigencentrality English
- excentral English
- frontocentral English
- frontocentrally English
- hypercentral English
- intercentral English
- midcentral English
- monocentral English
- multicentral English
- multicentrally English
- neurocentral English
- noncentral English
- noncentrality English
- noncentrally English
- north English
- northcentral English
- orthocentral English
- overcentralize English
- paracentral English
- paracentrally English
- parietocentral English
- pericentral English
- pericentrally English
- pluricentral English
- polycentral English
- postcentral English
- postcentrally English
- posterocentral English
- precentral English
- precentrally English
- proximocentral English
- quasicentral English
- recentralize English
- semicentral English
- south English
- southcentral English
- subcentral English
- subcentrally English
- supracentral English
- temporocentral English
- unicentral English
- cento Latin
- centraliter Latin
- centrum Latin
- centrālis Latin
- cintrum Latin
- zentral German
- centrale Italian
- central French
- central Spanish, Castilian
- δίς Ancient Greek
- κέντρον Ancient Greek
- κεντέω Ancient Greek
- κεντρομυρσίνη Ancient Greek
- *ḱent- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱent-r-om, *ḱentrom Proto-Indo-European
- sentrum Norwegian Bokmål
- central Portuguese
- central Swedish
- sentrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- केन्द्र Sanskrit
- قنطرة, اَلْقَنْطَرَة Arabic
- قَنْطَرَة Arabic
- central Catalan, Valencian
- central Galician
- կենտրոն Armenian
- central Middle French
- કેંદ્ર Gujarati
- central Occitan
- ܩܶܢܛܪܳܘܢ Classical Syriac
- zentrel Ladin
- north
- south
- bicentral
- decentral
- centrally
- excentral
- midcentral
- centralish
- centrality
- precentral
- centralize
- unicentral
- noncentral
- subcentral
- centralise
- centralism
- centralist
- paracentral
- centralmost
- postcentral
- polycentral
- semicentral
- monocentral
- centralizer
- decentrally
- pericentral
- centralness
- supracentral
- intercentral
- orthocentral
- pluricentral
- subcentrally
- recentralize
- northcentral
- decentralize
- noncentrally
- dorsocentral
- neurocentral
- quasicentral
- hypercentral
- costocentral
- multicentral
- precentrally
- decentralise
- caudocentral
- southcentral
- frontocentral
- pericentrally
- anterocentral
- craniocentral
- paracentrally
- noncentrality
- postcentrally
- parietocentral
- temporocentral
- overcentralize
- multicentrally
- centralisation
- posterocentral
- proximocentral
- frontocentrally
- eigencentrality