"centimeter" meaning in English

See centimeter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: centimeters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} centimeter (plural centimeters)
  1. (American spelling) (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre. Tags: US Derived forms: centimeter-gram-second, subcentimeter
    Sense id: en-centimeter-en-noun-h0wgKDjf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, SI units

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "centimeters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "centimeter (plural centimeters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "SI units",
          "orig": "en:SI units",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "centimeter-gram-second"
        },
        {
          "word": "subcentimeter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre."
      ],
      "id": "en-centimeter-en-noun-h0wgKDjf",
      "links": [
        [
          "centimetre",
          "centimetre#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American spelling) (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "centimeter"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "centimeter-gram-second"
    },
    {
      "word": "subcentimeter"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "centimeters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "centimeter (plural centimeters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English forms",
        "Canadian English forms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:SI units"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "centimetre",
          "centimetre#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American spelling) (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "centimeter"
}

Download raw JSONL data for centimeter meaning in English (0.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.