Meaning

1 senses
  1. An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm

    Holonyms: decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre

    Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre

    Zentimeter

    сантиме́трsantimétr

    сантиме́трsantymétr

    a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

Examples

20 sentences
  1. I'm eight centimetres taller than you.

    Я вища від тебе на вісім сантиметрів.

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  2. You are three centimetres taller than me.

    Ти на три сантиметри вищий від мене.

    ruТы на три сантиметра выше меня.

    deDu bist drei Zentimeter größer als ich.

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  3. A metre is a hundred centimetres.

    deEin Meter enthält hundert Zentimeter.

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  4. The ruler is thirty centimetres long.

    ruВ этой линейке тридцать сантиметров.

    deDas Lineal ist dreißig Zentimeter lang.

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  5. Tom caught a pike sixty centimetres long.

    deTom hat einen Hecht von sechzig Zentimetern gefangen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one-hundredth of a metre:
Русский
By meaning 1
one-hundredth of a metre:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one-hundredth of a metre:

Origin

Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.

Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.

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Forms

plural: centimetres

Synonyms

3 synonyms
cm㎝
Close in meaning
  • a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter:centimetercm

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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