centre
French
[sɒ̃tʁ]
noun
Definitions
- centre, center
- (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum (centre, center, center point, 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
- centrifuge English
- centrum English
- metacentre English
- multicentrique English
- cento Latin
- centralis Latin
- centrum Latin
- centrālis Latin
- cintrum Latin
- Zentrum German
- centrum Hungarian
- centro Italian
- centraal Dutch, Flemish
- centrifuge Dutch, Flemish
- centrum Dutch, Flemish
- Europe centrale French
- anglocentriste French
- centrage French
- central French
- centraliser French
- centralisme French
- centralité French
- centre-ville French
- centrer French
- centrifuge French
- centripète French
- centripétence French
- centrique French
- centrisme French
- centriste French
- centroïde French
- concentrer French
- décentrer French
- ethnocentriste French
- hypercentre French
- monocentrique French
- mégacentre French
- métacentre French
- métacentrique French
- polycentrisme French
- ville French
- égocentrisme French
- центр Russian
- эгоцентризм Russian
- centro Spanish, Castilian
- δίς Ancient Greek
- κέντρον Ancient Greek
- κεντέω Ancient Greek
- κεντρομυρσίνη Ancient Greek
- *bʰewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱent- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱent-r-om, *ḱentrom Proto-Indo-European
- sentrere Norwegian Bokmål
- sentrum Norwegian Bokmål
- centro Portuguese
- centrum Swedish
- centrum Polish
- sentrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- केन्द्र Sanskrit
- centrum Czech
- قنطرة, اَلْقَنْطَرَة Arabic
- قَنْطَرَة Arabic
- centar Serbo-Croatian
- центар Serbo-Croatian
- centre Catalan, Valencian
- centro Galician
- կենտրոն Armenian
- central Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- centru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- centrs Latvian
- qendër Albanian
- central Middle French
- centre Middle French
- центар Macedonian
- центр Ukrainian
- કેંદ્ર Gujarati
- centru Asturian
- sant Haitian, Haitian Creole
- ܩܶܢܛܪܳܘܢ Classical Syriac
- ville
- central
- centrer
- centrage
- centrique
- centriste
- décentrer
- centrisme
- centroïde
- métacentre
- centralité
- centrifuge
- concentrer
- mégacentre
- centripète
- hypercentre
- centralisme
- centraliser
- égocentrisme
- centre-ville
- monocentrique
- centripétence
- polycentrisme
- métacentrique
- ethnocentriste
- anglocentriste
- Europe centrale