cintre

See also: cintré

French

Etymology

From cintrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃tʁ/

Noun

Un cintre plastique.
A plastic hanger (sense 3).

cintre m (plural cintres)

1. (architecture) curve
2. (architecture) centering
3. hanger (for clothes)
4. (cycling) handlebar (not including the stem)

Descendants

• → English: cinter

Verb

cintre

1. inflection of cintrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cintre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cirent, crétin, crient