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centime

Rhymes with -iːm

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Borrowed from French centime. By surface analysis, cent- + -ime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim.

noun centimes

  1. historical A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc. What luck you've got / It's worth a centime, my dear
  2. A coin having face value of one centime.

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noun subunit of currency

한국어상팀 sangtim
日本語サンチーム sanchīmu
中文生丁 shēngdīng
Françaiscentime
DeutschCentime, Rappen
Românăcent
Русскийсанти́м santím

noun coin

Françaispièce d'un centime, centime

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@misc{centime_2026,
  title = {centime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/centime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}