ceintiméadar

Irish

Etymology

From French centimètre, from Latin centum (“hundred”) and Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɛnʲtʲəˈmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛn̠ʲtʲəmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛn̠ʲtʲəmʲed̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

ceintiméadar m (genitive singular ceintiméadair, nominative plural ceintiméadair)

1. centimetre

Declension

Declension of ceintiméadar (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceintiméadar ceintiméadair vocative a cheintiméadar a cheintiméadair genitive ceintiméadar ceintiméadair dative ceintiméadar ceintiméadair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceintiméadar na ceintiméadair genitive an cheintiméadar na gceintiméadair dative leis an gceintiméadar don cheintiméadar leis na ceintiméadair

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceintiméadar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceintiméadar	cheintiméadar	gceintiméadar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceintiméadar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN