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centroïde

French, noun/sɑ̃.tʁɔ.id/

centroïde is spelled C-E-N-T-R-O-Ï-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centroïde is a French feminine noun meaning “centroid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Centre d’un polygone”.

What does centroïde mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecentroid

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Centre d’un polygone. 2. Centre de gravité des charges électriques. 3. Point d’une zone géographique d’étendue relativement faible, choisi au voisinage de son centre de gravité et dont les coordonnées servent de localisant pour cette zone.

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 centroïde

  • centroïdes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce centroïde?

  • /sɑ̃.tʁɔ.id/
  • \sɑ̃.tʁɔ.id\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to centroïde

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is centroïde in French?

centroïde appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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