el
masculine
/θenˈtimetɾo/
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Translation
centimetre
Word origin
From centi- ('hundredth'), from Latin centum ('hundred'), plus metro ('metre'), from Greek metron ('measure').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- centum
- English cognates
- centimetre, hundred
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcentímetros
Examples
mide .
The table is eighty centimetres tall.
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Cut the paper one centimetre shorter.
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A metre has one hundred centimetres.
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The boy grew several centimetres this year.
¿ mide ?
How many centimetres does this window measure?
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