centigrade
French, adjective/sɑ̃.ti.ɡʁad/
centigrade is spelled C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centigrade is a French adjective meaning “centigrade (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est divisé en cent degrés”.
What does centigrade mean in English?
adjective
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centigrade (all meanings)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est divisé en cent degrés 2. Qualifiait le degré Celsius jusqu’en 1948.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of centigrade
- centigrades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centigrade?
- /sɑ̃.ti.ɡʁad/
- \sɑ̃.ti.ɡʁad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centigrade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centigrade in French?
centigrade appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).