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masculine

sẽˈtʃimetɾu

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Translation

centimetre

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Word origin

From French centimètre, from centi- (Latin centum, 'hundred') plus metre (Greek metron, 'measure').

Origin
French
Root
centum, metron
English cognates
century, metre

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcentímetros

Examples

comprimento.

The ruler is thirty centimetres long.

.

He grew two centimetres this year.

fita .

Cut the ribbon into ten-centimetre pieces.

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