centrum

See also: centrům

English

Etymology

From Middle English centrum, from Latin centrum. Doublet of centre/center.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɹəm/, [ˈsɛ̟ntɹ̝̊əm] ~ [ˈsɛ̟ntɹ̝̊m̩]
- (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪntɹəm/, [ˈsɪ̟ntɹ̝̊əm] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ntɹ̝̊m̩]
Rhymes: -ɛntɹəm
Hyphenation: cen‧trum

Noun

centrum (plural centra)

A centre.
(anatomy)
1. The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
2. The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
(seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.

Hyponyms

Translations

centrum — see center

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

centrum

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντέω (kentéō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]
Audio: (file)

Noun

centrum n

centre (of a city)
Synonym: střed

Antonyms: okraj, periferie

Hotel se nachází v centru města. ― The hotel is located downtown
centre (place where activity occurs)
Synonym: středisko

Declension

Declension of centrum (hard neuter reducible foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centra
genitive	centra	center
dative	centru	centrům
accusative	centrum	centra
vocative	centrum	centra
locative	centru	centrech
instrumental	centrem	centry

Derived terms

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Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

centrum

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.trʏm/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: cen‧trum

Noun

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

the centre, middle of focal part (e.g. of activity)
(geometry) centre (UK)
a centre, centralised facility; also, gathering place
city centre, town centre
Synonyms: binnenstad, stadscentrum, stadshart, stadskern

Derived terms

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Descendants

Afrikaans: sentrum
→ Indonesian: sentra (from the plural)

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrum]
Hyphenation: cent‧rum
Rhymes: -um

Noun

centrum (plural centrumok)

centre (the middle of)
centre (of a city)
centre (of an activity)
(geometry) centre
(politics) the Centre

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centrumok
accusative	centrumot	centrumokat
dative	centrumnak	centrumoknak
instrumental	centrummal	centrumokkal
causal-final	centrumért	centrumokért
translative	centrummá	centrumokká
terminative	centrumig	centrumokig
essive-formal	centrumként	centrumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	centrumban	centrumokban
superessive	centrumon	centrumokon
adessive	centrumnál	centrumoknál
illative	centrumba	centrumokba
sublative	centrumra	centrumokra
allative	centrumhoz	centrumokhoz
elative	centrumból	centrumokból
delative	centrumról	centrumokról
ablative	centrumtól	centrumoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	centrumé	centrumoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	centruméi	centrumokéi

Possessive forms of *centrum*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	centrumom	centrumaim
2nd person sing.	centrumod	centrumaid
3rd person sing.	centruma	centrumai
1st person plural	centrumunk	centrumaink
2nd person plural	centrumotok	centrumaitok
3rd person plural	centrumuk	centrumaik

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛn.trũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛn.trum]

Noun

centrum n (genitive centrī); second declension

center

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centra
genitive	centrī	centrōrum
dative	centrō	centrīs
accusative	centrum	centra
ablative	centrō	centrīs
vocative	centrum	centra

Derived terms

centrālis

Descendants

→ Albanian: qendër
→ Asturian: centru
→ Bulgarian: център (centǎr)
→ Catalan: centre
→ Czech: centrum
→ Danish: centrum
→ Dutch: centrum
→ English: centre, center (US)
- → Japanese: センター
- → Korean: 센터 (senteo)
→ French: centre
- Haitian Creole: sant
→ Friulian: centri
→ Galician: centre
→ Middle High German: zentrum, zenter
- German: Zentrum
→ Italian: centro
- → Maltese: ċentru
- → Sardinian: tzentru
→ Lithuanian: centras
→ Latvian: centrs
→ Norwegian: sentrum
→ Occitan: centre
→ Piedmontese: centr
→ Polish: centrum
→ Portuguese: centro
→ Proto-Brythonic: *keθr / *kentr
- Breton: kentr
- Cornish: kenter (“nail, spike”)
- Middle Welsh: kethr
  - Welsh: cethr (“nail, spike”)
→ Romanian: centru
→ Russian: центр (centr)
→ Serbo-Croatian: центар / centar
→ Sicilian: centru
→ Spanish: centro
→ Swedish: centrum, central
→ Turkish: centrum
→ Ukrainian: центр (centr)

References

“centrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"centrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“centrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.

Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.

Latin centrumlbor.

Polish centrum

Learned borrowing from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛn.trum/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛntrum
Syllabification: cen‧trum

Noun

centrum n

centre (of a city)
centre (the middle part of)
Synonym: środek
centre (of an activity)
Synonym: ośrodek
(politics) the centre, centrism

Declension

Declension of centrum

	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centra
genitive	centrum	centrów
dative	centrum	centrom
accusative	centrum	centra
instrumental	centrum	centrami
locative	centrum	centrach
vocative	centrum	centra

Derived terms

adjectives

adverbs

centralnie

nouns

verbs

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.

Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.

Latin centrumlbor.

Slovak centrum

Learned borrowing from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sentrum/, [ˈt͡sentrum]
Rhymes: -entrum
Hyphenation: cen‧trum

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Noun

centrum n

center (of a city)

Declension

Declension of *centrum*
(pattern *mesto*, of Latin origin ending with *-um*)
	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centrá
genitive	centra	centier
dative	centru	centrám
accusative	centrum	centrá
locative	centre	centrách
instrumental	centrom	centrami

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum. Doublet of center.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²sɛnːtrɵm/
Audio: (file)

Noun

centrum n

centre; the middle of something
centre; place where a function or activity occurs
the central areas of a city or a suburb

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.

Declension

Declension of **centrum**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	centrum	centrums
singular	definite	centrumet	centrumets
plural	indefinite	centrum	centrums
plural	definite	centrumen	centrumens

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Declension of **centrum**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	centrum	centrums
singular	definite	centret	centrets
plural	indefinite	centrer	centrers
plural	definite	centrerna	centrernas

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Declension of **centrum**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	centrum	centrums
singular	definite	centrum	centrums
plural	indefinite	centra	centras
plural	definite	centra	centras

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Etymology

From Latin centrum. Doublet of santral.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒɛnt.ɾum/

Noun

centrum (definite accusative centrumu, plural centrumlar)

centre (central area of a city)

Declension

Declension of *centrum*
	singular	plural
nominative	centrum	centrumlar
definite accusative	centrumu	centrumları
dative	centruma	centrumlara
locative	centrumda	centrumlarda
ablative	centrumdan	centrumlardan
genitive	centrumun	centrumların

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