CENTIME - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: 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

Categories: Fractional monetary unit, Subunit

Synonyms

Centime, Cent, Penny

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

The word "centime" was borrowed from French centime.

🔗 Related Words

centimo – A related word in the same word family.

🧩 Fun Fact

For 300 years after 1066, French was the language of English courts and nobility.