centre
see also: Centre
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from κεντεῖν ("to prick, goad").

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈsɛn.tɚ/, [ˈsɛ.ɾ̃ɚ]
    • (pin-pen, nt-flapping) IPA: [ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ]
Noun

centre (plural centres)

  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
Verb

centre (centres, present participle centring; simple past and past participle centred)

  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center

Centre
Proper noun
  1. A former adr in France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
  2. A city/county seat in Cherokee County, Alabama.
  3. Centre County, Pennsylvania.
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