centrifuga

See also: centrífuga, centrifugá, and centrifúga

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrɪfuɡa]

Noun

centrifuga f

1. centrifuge

   Synonym: odstředivka

Declension

Declension of centrifuga (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	centrifuga	centrifugy
genitive	centrifugy	centrifug
dative	centrifuze	centrifugám
accusative	centrifugu	centrifugy
vocative	centrifugo	centrifugy
locative	centrifuze	centrifugách
instrumental	centrifugou	centrifugami

Related terms

• See centrum

Further reading

• “centrifuga”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “centrifuga”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “centrifuga”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Etymology

From English centrifuge and French centrifuge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛntrifuɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: cent‧ri‧fu‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

centrifuga (plural centrifugák)

1. centrifuge (device for separation of substances)
2. spin dryer (a machine in which wet clothes are spun in a cylinder full of holes to remove water from them, taking advantage of centrifugal force)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	centrifuga	centrifugák
accusative	centrifugát	centrifugákat
dative	centrifugának	centrifugáknak
instrumental	centrifugával	centrifugákkal
causal-final	centrifugáért	centrifugákért
translative	centrifugává	centrifugákká
terminative	centrifugáig	centrifugákig
essive-formal	centrifugaként	centrifugákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	centrifugában	centrifugákban
superessive	centrifugán	centrifugákon
adessive	centrifugánál	centrifugáknál
illative	centrifugába	centrifugákba
sublative	centrifugára	centrifugákra
allative	centrifugához	centrifugákhoz
elative	centrifugából	centrifugákból
delative	centrifugáról	centrifugákról
ablative	centrifugától	centrifugáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	centrifugáé	centrifugáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	centrifugáéi	centrifugákéi

Possessive forms of centrifuga
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	centrifugám	centrifugáim
2nd person sing.	centrifugád	centrifugáid
3rd person sing.	centrifugája	centrifugái
1st person plural	centrifugánk	centrifugáink
2nd person plural	centrifugátok	centrifugáitok
3rd person plural	centrifugájuk	centrifugáik

Derived terms

• centrifugál
• centrifugás

 

Compound words

• ultracentrifuga

 

Related terms

See at centrum.

Further reading

• centrifuga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• centrifuga in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

centrifuga f (plural centrifughe)

1. centrifuge
2. spin dryer

Adjective

centrifuga

1. feminine singular of centrifugo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

centrifuga

1. inflection of centrifugare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

centrifuga

1. inflection of centrifugar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

From centrifug +‎ -a.

Verb

a centrifuga (third-person singular present centrifughează, past participle centrifugat) 1st conj.

1. to spin

Conjugation

    conjugation of centrifuga (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a centrifuga
gerund			centrifugând
past participle			centrifugat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	centrifug	centrifugi	centrifugă	centrifugăm	centrifugați	centrifugă
	imperfect	centrifugam	centrifugai	centrifuga	centrifugam	centrifugați	centrifugau
	simple perfect	centrifugai	centrifugași	centrifugă	centrifugarăm	centrifugarăți	centrifugară
	pluperfect	centrifugasem	centrifugaseși	centrifugase	centrifugaserăm	centrifugaserăți	centrifugaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să centrifug	să centrifugi	să centrifuge	să centrifugăm	să centrifugați	să centrifuge
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		centrifugă			centrifugați
	negative		nu centrifuga			nu centrifugați

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zentrifuge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sentrifǔːɡa/
• Hyphenation: cen‧tri‧fu‧ga

Noun

centrifúga f (Cyrillic spelling центрифу́га)

1. centrifuge

Declension

Declension of centrifuga

	singular	plural
nominative	centrifuga	centrifuge
genitive	centrifuge	centrifuga
dative	centrifugi	centrifugama
accusative	centrifugu	centrifuge
vocative	centrifugo	centrifuge
locative	centrifugi	centrifugama
instrumental	centrifugom	centrifugama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θentɾiˈfuɡa/ [θẽn̪.t̪ɾiˈfu.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sentɾiˈfuɡa/ [sẽn̪.t̪ɾiˈfu.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: cen‧tri‧fu‧ga

Verb

centrifuga

1. inflection of centrifugar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative