Definition of CENTIME

centime

Meanings

Plural: centimes

Noun

  • a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso 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
  • a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
  • A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
  • A coin having face value of one centime.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French centime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim.

Synonyms

cent, penny

Scrabble Score: 11

centime is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
centime is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
centime is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

centime is a valid Words With Friends word