centimo

See also: céntimo, and cêntimo

English

Alternative forms

• céntimo

Etymology

From Spanish céntimo, from French centime, from cent (on the model of décime), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centim, centime, and santim.

Noun

centimo (plural centimos)

1. A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.

Related terms

• cent
• centavo m
• centesimal
• centesimo m
• centiem m
• centigram
• centiliter
• centner

 

Further reading

• céntimo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Metonic, entomic, nemotic, tonemic