"centre" meaning in Catalan

See centre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈse̞n.tɾə] [Northern], [ˈsen.tɾə] [Balearic, Central], [ˈsen.tɾe] [Northwestern, Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-centre.wav (note: Barcelona) Forms: centres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ca|la|centrum}} Borrowed from Latin centrum, {{der|ca|grc|κέντρον}} Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} centre m (plural centres)
  1. center (point in the interior of a circle) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-centre-ca-noun-zpdQCe1l
  2. center (middle portion of something) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-centre-ca-noun-IVEL8xrV
  3. center (place where some function or activity occurs) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-centre-ca-noun-bSHCTrK1 Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 26 30 29
  4. center (topic that is particularly important) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-centre-ca-noun-jjotP9Rs Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 26 30 29
  5. downtown (business center of a city) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-centre-ca-noun-s9xlQYKD Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 26 30 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: centrar, centre comercial, centre de gravitat, centre de massa, centreamericà, centredreta, centreesquerra, centrisme, centrista Related terms: central, cèntric

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centrar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centre comercial"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centre de gravitat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centre de massa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centreamericà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centredreta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centreesquerra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centrisme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centrista"
    }
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    ],
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      "κεντεῖν",
      "κεντεῖν#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "centres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "centre m (plural centres)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
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    }
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        "center (place where some function or activity occurs)"
      ],
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        }
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        "downtown (business center of a city)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "downtown",
          "downtown"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[ˈse̞n.tɾə]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsen.tɾə]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsen.tɾe]",
      "tags": [
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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      "note": "Barcelona",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "centre"
}
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    "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Catalan lemmas",
    "Catalan masculine nouns",
    "Catalan nouns",
    "Catalan terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Catalan terms derived from Latin",
    "Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "word": "centrar"
    },
    {
      "word": "centre comercial"
    },
    {
      "word": "centre de gravitat"
    },
    {
      "word": "centre de massa"
    },
    {
      "word": "centreamericà"
    },
    {
      "word": "centredreta"
    },
    {
      "word": "centreesquerra"
    },
    {
      "word": "centrisme"
    },
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      "word": "centrista"
    }
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      "centrum",
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      "κεντεῖν",
      "κεντεῖν#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "word": "cèntric"
    }
  ],
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        "center (point in the interior of a circle)"
      ],
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        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "center (middle portion of something)"
      ],
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        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "center (place where some function or activity occurs)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "center (topic that is particularly important)"
      ],
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        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "downtown (business center of a city)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "downtown",
          "downtown"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈse̞n.tɾə]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsen.tɾə]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsen.tɾe]",
      "tags": [
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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      "note": "Barcelona",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "centre"
}

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