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English

Noun

centra

1. plural of centrum

Anagrams

• Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance

Catalan

Verb

centra

1. third-person singular present indicative form of centrar
2. second-person singular imperative form of centrar

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

centra

1. Plural form of centrum

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

centra (accusative singular centran, plural centraj, accusative plural centrajn)

1. central

Derived terms

French

Verb

centra

1. third-person singular past historic of centrer

Anagrams

• carnet, cernât, créant, encrât, tancer, trance

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ntra

Verb

centra

1. third-person singular present indicative of centrare
2. second-person singular imperative of centrare

Anagrams

• trance

Latin

Noun

centra

1. nominative plural of centrum
2. accusative plural of centrum
3. vocative plural of centrum

Latvian

Noun

centra m

1. genitive singular form of centrs

Polish

Noun

centra

1. nominative plural of centrum
2. accusative plural of centrum
3. vocative plural of centrum

Portuguese

Verb

centra

1. third-person singular present indicative of centrar
2. second-person singular imperative of centrar

Romanian

Etymology

From French centrer.

Verb

a centra (third-person singular present centreaz?, past participle centrat) 1st conj.

1. to center

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

centra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of centrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of centrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of centrar.

Swedish

Noun

centra

1. definite plural of centrum
2. indefinite plural of centrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nt??l/

Adjective

central (comparative more central, superlative most central)

1. Being in the centre.
2. Having or containing the centre of something.
3. Being very important, or key to something.

   Synonyms: dominant, main, principal
4. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

Derived terms

Related terms

• center

Translations

Noun

central (plural centrals)

1. (especially US) centre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?n?t?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen?t?al/

Adjective

central (masculine and feminine plural centrals)

1. central (being in the centre)

Derived terms

• centralment
• centralitat
• centralitzar

Related terms

• centre

Noun

central f (plural centrals)

1. nexus; headquarters (non-military); central office
2. (electricity) power plant

Synonyms

• seu (“seat or headquarters”)

Antonyms

• sucursal (“branch office”)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “central” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “central” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “central” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “central” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centralis.

Noun

central c (singular definite centralen, plural indefinite centraler)

1. headquarters, place whence organizations are administrated

Declension

Adjective

central

1. central, being in the centre

Inflection

References

• “central” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis. Synchronically analysable as centre +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.t?al/

Adjective

central (feminine singular centrale, masculine plural centraux, feminine plural centrales)

1. central

Antonyms

• périphérique

Derived terms

• banque centrale
• chauffage central (“central heating”)
• rond central
• système nerveux central
• unité centrale
• vision centrale

Related terms

Further reading

• “central” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• raclent

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Adjective

central m or f (plural centrais)

1. central

Derived terms

• centralismo
• centralista
• centralizar

Related terms

• centro

Further reading

• “central” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Adjective

central m (feminine singular centrala, masculine plural centrals, feminine plural centralas)

1. central

Related terms

• centre

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.?t?a?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /s?.?t?aw/, [s???????.?t?ä??]
• Hyphenation: cen?tral

Adjective

central m or f (plural centrais, comparable)

1. central

Noun

central f (plural centrais)

1. centre
2. headquarters
3. (Portugal, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French central, Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??en?tral]

Adjective

central m or n (feminine singular central?, masculine plural centrali, feminine and neuter plural centrale)

1. central, pivotal, nodal

Declension

Related terms

• centru

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?en?t?al/, [??n??t??al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sen?t?al/, [s?n??t??al]

Adjective

central (plural centrales)

1. central

Derived terms

• centralismo
• centralista
• centralizar
• centralmente
• precentral

Noun

central f (plural centrales)

1. headquarter
2. center
3. power station

   Synonym: centra eléctrica

Derived terms

Related terms

• centrar
• céntrico
• centro

Further reading

• “central” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis, from centrum (“center point”) + -?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

central

1. central, centralized, situated at the centre (of a town)
2. central, important

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of centralstation, or any other compound of the adjective.

Noun

central c

1. a central, a centre, a central station, a junction, a connection point, an electrical switchboard

Declension

Related terms

References

• central in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)