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# centime

«centime» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small coin and unit of money worth one hundredth of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a centime, centimes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (money) A small coin and unit of money worth one hundredth of a franc, used in France before the euro, and still used in Switzerland (one hundredth of a Swiss franc) and some African countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#m1)

2) (French) In France people still say «centime» for a euro cent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons centimes are like pennies or cents: 100 centimes make one franc (or one euro, in everyday French speech). In maths, money problems with centimes work like cents: 50 centimes = half a franc.

### examples

- In Switzerland, one franc is a hundred centimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#x1)
- The bread cost two euros and fifty centimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#x2)
- A centime is like a cent or a penny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#x3)
- Grandpa has old French centime coins from his trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#x4)
- In maths: 250 centimes make 2.50 francs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#x5)
- «Ça coûte cinquante centimes» means «It costs fifty cents.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/#x6)

### note

French word used in English: say «SON-teem». 1 centime = 1/100 of a franc. In the eurozone the official word is «cent», but French people say «centime». Do not confuse with «centimetre» (a length).

### In the corpora

- [cent ("sahn") means a hundred; a euro cent is called un centime ("sahn-TEEM").](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «centime» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.