central

See also: Central

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɹəl/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

central (comparative more central, superlative most central)

  1. Being in the centre.
    • 2013 July 27, “Putting down roots”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846:
      The plantoid […] will have a central stem containing a reservoir of liquid plastic of a sort that can be frozen by ultraviolet light. Half a dozen cylindrical roots will branch off this stem, and the plastic will flow through these from the reservoir to the tip. As in a real root, the tip will be a specialised structure.
  2. Being the most important.
  3. Having or containing the centre of something.
  4. Being very important, or key to something.
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
      Cleverley was a central figure as England took the lead inside three minutes. He saw his shot handled by Moldovan defender Simion Bulgaru and Lampard drilled home the penalty in trademark fashion.
  5. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

Derived terms

Translations

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

central (masculine and feminine plural centrals)

  1. central (being in the centre)

Derived terms

Noun

central f (plural centrals)

  1. nexus; headquarters (non-military); central office
  2. (electricity) power plant

Synonyms

  • seu (“seat or headquarters”)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centralis.

Noun

central c (singular definite centralen, plural indefinite centraler)

  1. headquarters, place whence organizations are administrated

Declension

Adjective

central

  1. central, being in the centre

Inflection

Inflection of central
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular central — —2
Neuter singular centralt — —2
Plural centrale — —2
Definite attributive1 centrale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis. Synchronically analysable as centre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tʁal/
  • (file)

Adjective

central (feminine singular centrale, masculine plural centraux, feminine plural centrales)

  1. central

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • chauffage central (“central heating”)

Further reading

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.ˈtɾaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tral

Adjective

central m, f (plural centrais, comparable)

  1. central

Noun

central f (plural centrais)

  1. centre
  2. headquarters

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French central, Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃenˈtral]

Adjective

central m, n (feminine singular centrală, masculine plural centrali, feminine and neuter plural centrale)

  1. central, pivotal, nodal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /θenˈtɾal/, [θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /senˈtɾal/, [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

Adjective

central (plural centrales)

  1. central

Derived terms

Noun

central f (plural centrales)

  1. headquarter
  2. center

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“center point”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Adjective

central

  1. central, centralized, situated at the centre (of a town)
  2. central, important
Declension
Inflection of central
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular central centralare centralast
Neuter singular centralt centralare centralast
Plural centrala centralare centralast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 centrale centralare centralaste
All centrala centralare centralaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Etymology 2

Clipping of centralstation, or any other compound of the adjective.

Noun

central c

  1. a central, a centre, a central station, a junction, a connection point, an electrical switchboard
Declension
Declension of central 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative central centralen centraler centralerna
Genitive centrals centralens centralers centralernas

References

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