centime

[ sahn-teem; French sahn-teem ]

noun

, plural cen·times [sahn, -, teemz, sah, n, -, teem].

1. a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, one 100th of a franc.
2. a monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a franc.
3. a money of account of Haiti, one 100th of a gourde.
4. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Algeria, one 100th of a dinar.
5. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Morocco, one 100th of a dirham.

centime

/ sɑ̃tim; ˈsɒnˌtiːm /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, and Togo. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
2. a former monetary unit of Andorra, Belgium, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Martinique, Monaco, and Réunion, worth one hundredth of a franc

Word History and Origins

Origin of centime¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; from French; Old French centiesme, from Latin centēsimum, accusative of centēsimus “hundredth”; cent

Word History and Origins

Origin of centime¹

C18: from French, from Old French centiesme from Latin centēsimus hundredth, from centum hundred

Example Sentences

Writing about the task at the time, she said she had to "put every single centime aside to pay" the book's printer.

From BBC

The economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, pledged workers would “not lose a centime” due to temporary lay offs during the crisis.

From The Guardian

A leading feminist campaigner Caroline de Haas insisted the government had not set aside a centime more to combat domestic violence.

From The Guardian

As the freshly plundered FedEx truck disappears down the lane, not so much as a bronze centime left rattling around the back, now seems as good a time as any to take stock of the year in golf.

From The Guardian

Finally, we go to the French-themed cocktail lounge Coupette, which boasts a bar made entirely of old French centime coins.

From Washington Times