centime

Hundredth of franc

A centime is one hundredth of a franc or other currency unit in French-speaking countries.

The word functions like "cent" in English—the smallest subdivision of the main currency: The price came to three francs and fifty centimes.

Now largely historical since France adopted the euro.

coins

penny

One-cent piece

  • pfennigFormer German centesimal unit
  • centavoPeso's hundredth subdivision
  • penceBritish currency units

filler · lepton · kopeck · paisa · sen · agora · copper · bronze

currency

franc

European monetary unit

coin · change · subdivision · monetary · decimalization · exchange · circulation · tender · cash · payment

fractional

hundredth

Ordinal for one hundred

one-hundredth · division · portion · subunit · base unit

numismatic

collectible

Object worth amassing

grading · coin collecting · rare coin · specimen · catalog · auction · dealer · album · preservation

Opposites
monetary unit scale

centimefranc

European monetary unit

euro · dollar · pound · base unit

monetary value

centimefortune

Wealth or destiny

million · billion · wealth · treasure · riches

Phrases
Family

centipede, percentile, centilitre, centiliter, centigrade, percentiles, centimes

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G