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cen·time (sän'tēm', säN-tēm')  |
[French, from Old French centisme, from Latin centēsimus, hundredth, from centum, hundred.]
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo and Upper Volta
Meaning #2:
a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
Synonyms: penny, cent
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Centime (from Latin centesimus) is French for "cent", and is used in English as the name of the fraction currency in several Francophone countries (including Switzerland, Algeria, Belgium, Morocco and France).
In France the usage of centime goes back to the introduction of the decimal monetary system under Napoleon. This system aimed at replacing non-decimal fractions of older coins. A five-centime coin was known as a sou, i.e. a solidus or shilling.
Conversely in Quebec, one hundredth of a Canadian dollar is called a sou (penny).
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In the European community cent is the official name for one hundredth of a euro. However, in French-speaking countries the word centime is the preferred term. Indeed, the Superior Council of the French language of Belgium recommended in 2001 the use of centime, since cent is also the French word for "hundred". An analogous decision was published in the Journal officiel in France (December 2, 1997).
In Morocco, dirhams are divided into 100 centimes and one may find prices in the country quoted in centimes rather than in dirhams. Sometimes centimes are known as francs or in former Spanish areas, pesetas.
A centime is one-hundredth of the following basic monetary units:
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| Translations: Centime |
Français (French)
n. - centime
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) σαντίμ, εκατοστό του φράγκου
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cêntimo (m)
Русский (Russian)
сантим, копейка (франц.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - céntimo
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
生丁, 分
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 生丁, 分
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جز من مائه من الفرنك الفرنسي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מאית פרנק
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