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English
Noun
cèntim (plural cèntims)
- Alternative form of centim.
2013, Geoffrey West, “‘Noucentisme’ and the Avant-Garde in Barcelona (1916–36): ”, in Peter Brooker, Sascha Bru, Andrew Thacker, Christian Weikop, editors, The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines, volume III (Europe 1880–1940), part I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part III (Spain and Portugal), footnote 19, page 395:Revista nova was printed by La Neotípia and cost 20 cèntims an issue.
2014, Joan Sales, translated by Peter Bush, Uncertain Glory, London: MacLehose Press, →ISBN:Then all of a sudden our young girl marries an infantry lieutenant who hasn’t a cèntim to his name, however many portraits in oils of grandfathers in full military dress hang on their walls or however many handles their names have!
2016, Rhiannon McGlade, “The Golden Age of Catalan Political Cartoons (1898–1931)”, in Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History (Iberian and Latin American Studies), Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN, pages 24 and 66:La Campana’s more popular politics were accessible to all, while L’Esquella’s higher-brow levels of humour were aimed at the cultured and artisan sectors of society.11
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French centime.
Pronunciation
Noun
cèntim m (plural cèntims)
- cent; centime
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