centimètre
French, noun/sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ/
centimètre is a French masculine noun meaning “centimetre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻² mètre, et dont le symbole est cm”.
What does centimètre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentimetre
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 longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻² mètre, et dont le symbole est cm. 2. Ruban divisé en centimètres et servant à prendre des mesures.
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 centimètre
- centimètres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centimètre?
- /sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ/
- \sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ\
- [sɑ̃.t͡si.mɛtʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centimètre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centimètre in French?
centimètre appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).