cèntim

See also: centim

English

Noun

cèntim (plural cèntims)

1. Alternative form of centim.
   • 2013, Geoffrey West, “‘Noucentisme’ and the Avant-Garde in Barcelona (1916–36): […]”, in Peter Brooker, Sascha Bru, Andrew Thacker, Christian Weikop, editors, The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines, volume III (Europe 1880–1940), part I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part III (Spain and Portugal), footnote 19, page 395:

     Revista nova was printed by La Neotípia and cost 20 cèntims an issue.

   • 2014, Joan Sales, translated by Peter Bush, Uncertain Glory‎^[1], London: MacLehose Press, →ISBN:

     Then all of a sudden our young girl marries an infantry lieutenant who hasn’t a cèntim to his name, however many portraits in oils of grandfathers in full military dress hang on their walls or however many handles their names have!

   • 2016, Rhiannon McGlade, “The Golden Age of Catalan Political Cartoons (1898–1931)”, in Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History (Iberian and Latin American Studies), Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN, pages 24 and 66:

     La Campana’s more popular politics were accessible to all, while L’Esquella’s higher-brow levels of humour were aimed at the cultured and artisan sectors of society.¹¹

     11 This distinction was made more apparent when, following the conversion to a decimal system during the 1880s López decided to price La Campana at five cèntims and to double that of L’Esquella to ten.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French centime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɛn.tim]

Noun

cèntim m (plural cèntims)

1. cent; centime

Derived terms

• fer cinc cèntims

Further reading

• “cèntim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cèntim”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cèntim” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cèntim” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.