English

Noun

centrum ‎(plural centra)

1. The central body of each vertebra

Derived terms

• intercentrum
• pleurocentrum

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

centrum n

1. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)
2. center (US); centre (UK) (place where activity occurs)

Declension

Synonyms

• (of a city): střed m
• (activity): středisko n

Derived terms

• zdravotní centrum n
• nákupní centrum n

Related terms

• centrála
• centralizace
• centralizovat
• centrální
• centrovat

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Noun

centrum n ‎(plural centra or centrums, diminutive centrumpje n)

1. center (US); centre (UK) (e.g. of activity)
2. (geometry) center (US), centre (UK)

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from the Latin centrum ‎(“centre”), from the Ancient Greek κέντρον ‎(kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]
• Hyphenation: cent‧rum

Noun

centrum ‎(plural centrumok)

1. center (US); centre (UK) (the middle of)
2. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)
3. center (US); centre (UK) (of an activity)
4. (geometry) center (US); centre (UK)
5. (politics) the Center (US); Centre (UK)

Declension

Related terms

• centrális

See also

• center

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέντρον ‎(kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈken.trum/

Noun

centrum n ‎(genitive centrī); second declension

1. center (US); centre (UK)

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• centrālis

Descendants

• Albanian: qendër
• Bulgarian: център ‎(centǎr)
• English: center (US); centre (UK)
• French: centre
• German: Zentrum
• Italian: centro
• Norwegian: sentrum
• Latvian: centrs
• Portuguese: centro
• Romanian: centru
• Russian: центр ‎(centr)
• Serbo-Croation: центар / centar
• Spanish: centro
• Swedish: centrum

References

• centrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CENTRUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “centrum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον ‎(kéntron, “centre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]

Noun

centrum n

1. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)
2. center (US); centre (UK) (the middle of)
3. center (US); centre (UK) (of an activity)
4. (politics) the Center (US); Centre (UK)

Declension

Synonyms

• (middle): środek

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

centrum c

1. center (US); centre (UK); the middle of something
2. center (US); centre (UK); place where a function or activity occurs
3. the central areas of a city or a suburb

Declension

Usage notes

• The various declensions are not tied to different meanings of the word, only a sign of the bewilderness of how best to fit this Latin word into Swedish.
• Swedish uses centrum for the shops at the centre of a suburb (Farsta) or small and medium-sized town (Uppsala), while the centre of a larger city (Stockholm) is often called city.

Derived terms

• i händelsernas centrum
• köpcentrum

Related terms

• center
• central
• centrera