centre
nomverbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈsɛntəː//
- Royaume-Uni/[ˈsɛntʰəː]/
- //ˈsɛntɚ//
- /[ˈsɛntʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɛntʰɹ̩]/
Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
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Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
So after a short spell in the brass foundry the wisest course was to follow with a similar period in the steel foundry, where much important work was done, including the manufacture of centres for wheels.
The phrase 'Imperial Manila' is used throughout the archipelago to denote the capital-heavy decision-making and the imposition of the will and culture of the political and economic centre on the peripheries.
As Dodd wrote in ‘The Empty Nest,’ “To me, it was glaringly obvious that parting from a child who has been the centre of your life for twenty-odd years is a really big deal. Yet while new parents are bombarded with advice, empty nest parents are left to muddle through what is arguably the most challenging phase of parenting.”
Étymologie
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
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Variante de centerAlternative spelling of center.
One controversy which has not had an airing in discussion of the new Transport Bill is that centring on the status of the Pullman Car Co.
Formes
- pluriel
- centres
- passé
- centred
- participe passé
- centred
- participe présent
- centring, centreing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- centres
centre · Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
Centre · A former administrative region of France, now named…century · A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically…Century · A surname.