centilitre
French, noun/sɑ̃.ti.litʁ/
centilitre is spelled C-E-N-T-I-L-I-T-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centilitre is a French masculine noun meaning “centilitre, centiliter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI)…”.
What does centilitre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentilitre, centiliter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 10⁻² litre, et dont le symbole est cL.
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 centilitre
- centilitres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centilitre?
- /sɑ̃.ti.litʁ/
- \sɑ̃.ti.litʁ\
- [sɑ̃.ti.litʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is centilitre in French?
centilitre appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).