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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντέω (kentéō).
Pronunciation
Noun
centr m anim
- (sports) center (in basketball, football, etc.)
- (ice hockey) the forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs
Declension
Declension of centr (hard masculine animate)
Noun
centr m inan
- (sports) center
- place in the center/centre of an attack
- (soccer) pass played into the center/centre of the pitch
- (soccer) ball passed to the center/centre
Declension
Declension of centr (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “centr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “centr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “centr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)