centre
French, noun
centre is spelled C-E-N-T-R-E (6 letters) and appears 245 times per million words in written French, the 344th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centre is a French masculine noun meaning “centre, center” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, centré is a different word: “central”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point qui, dans un cercle ou une sphère, est à égale distance de tous les points de la circonférence de ce…”.
What does centre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentre, center
- 2
masculinecross, specifically one directed into the penalty area
adjective
- 1
central
- 2
centralized
verb
- 1
past participle of centrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point qui, dans un cercle ou une sphère, est à égale distance de tous les points de la circonférence de ce cercle ou de la surface de cette sphère. 2. Milieu d’un espace. 3. Point le plus important d’une entité géographique. 4. Partie d’une armée, d’une troupe rangée en bataille, qui occupe le milieu, qui est entre les deux ailes.
adjective: 1. Placé au centre.
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 centre
- centres plural
- centrée feminine
- centrés masculine plural
- centrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to centre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centre in French?
centre appears 245 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).