centigrade

English

Etymology

centi- +‎ grade, degree.

Adjective

centigrade (not comparable)

(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius.

Noun

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Now more commonly known as the Celsius scale.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
a temperature of 34 centigrades

Translations

centigrade temperature scale

Vietnamese: thang bách phân (vi)

See also

milligrade

French

Adjective

centigrade (plural centigrades)

centigrade (all meanings)

Further reading

“centigrade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

centigrade

feminine plural of centigrado

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