First Known Use: 1801
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centime
noun cen·time \ˈsän-ˌtēm, ˈsen-\
Definition of CENTIME
1
: any of several former monetary units equal to 1⁄100 franc (as of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg)
2
— see dinar, dirham, franc, gourde at money table
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Origin of CENTIME
French, from cent hundred (from Latin centum) + -ime (as in décime tenth part)
Rhymes with CENTIME
abeam, agleam, airstream, berseem, beseem, bireme, blaspheme, bloodstream, coal seam, cold cream, crossbeam, daydream, downstream, dream team, drill team, egg cream, esteem, extreme, French seam, grapheme, Gulf Stream, hakim, headstream, high beam, hornbeam, I beam, ice cream, inseam, jet stream, kilim, lexeme, live steam, low beam, mainstream, midstream, millime, millstream, moonbeam, morpheme, onstream, phoneme, pipe dream, redeem, regime, rhyme scheme, sealed-beam, sememe, sidestream, slipstream, sour cream, sunbeam, supreme, tag team, Tarim, third-stream, toneme, trireme, unseam, upstream, warp beam, wet dream
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