A coin having face value of one centime.
Used in a Sentence
centime
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for centime.
Editorial note
Cent is short for 'centime' or 1/100th, so indeed, nobody is using three digits to represent cents.
Examples5
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A coin having face value of one centime.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of centime gathered in one view.
(historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for centime.
noun
A coin having face value of one centime.
noun
(historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
Example sentences
Cent is short for 'centime' or 1/100th, so indeed, nobody is using three digits to represent cents.
French law prohibits free book deliveries but Amazon has circumvented this by charging a single centime (cent).
The krone, at 25 Swiss centimes the previous Christmas, was now quoted at one-twelfth of a centime.
In France, before the Euro, things would be priced at 99 centimes, but the smallest coin was a 3 centime coin (worth about half a cent).
Something about your comment triggered a primal fear in me of tiny, immortal 9mm bullets of non-existence fired randomly in space at all directions until I remembered an earth-mass black hole, while about a centime wide, it's still has a full gravity field the size of Earth's.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use centime in a sentence?
Cent is short for 'centime' or 1/100th, so indeed, nobody is using three digits to represent cents.
What does centime mean?
A coin having face value of one centime.
What part of speech is centime?
centime is commonly used as noun.