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centime

The English word “centime” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
  2. A coin having face value of one centime.

Etymology

Borrowed from French centime. By surface analysis, cent- + -ime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim.

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