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-centric en · X

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsɛntrɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric Representing a combining form of Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós, “central”). Cognate with Bengali -কেন্দ্রিক (-kendrik)

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Having a specified number of centres.
  2. (morpheme) Having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention.
    • When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts. 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
    • Decades of road-centric planning and policies have tilted the playing field strongly against public transport use. 2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 34:

Hyponyms

Polonocentric · CLI-centric

Translations (59)

lt -centrinis (having a specified object at the centre) · yi ־צענטריש (having a specified object at the centre) · ru -центри́ческий (having a specified object at the centre) · uk -центри́чний (having a specified object at the centre) · pt -cêntrico (having a specified object at the centre) · it -centrico (having a specified object at the centre) · tr -sentrik (having a specified object at the centre) · af -sentries (having a specified object at the centre) · hu -centrikus (having a specified number of centres) · cs -centrický (having a specified object at the centre) · ka -ცენტრული (having a specified object at the centre) · et -tsentriline (having a specified object at the centre) · gl -céntrico (having a specified object at the centre) · an -centrico (having a specified object at the centre) · bg -центри́чен (having a specified object at the centre) · es -céntrico (having a specified object at the centre) · id -sentris (having a specified object at the centre) · hu -középpontú (having a specified number of centres) · az -sentrik (having a specified object at the centre) · la -centricus (having a specified object at the centre) · lb -zentresch (having a specified object at the centre) · da -centrisk (having a specified object at the centre) · fi -sentrinen (having a specified object at the centre) · oc -centric (having a specified object at the centre) · eu -zentriko (having a specified object at the centre) · lt -centriškas (having a specified object at the centre) · sk -centrický (having a specified object at the centre) · lv -centrisks (having a specified object at the centre) · ca -cèntric (having a specified object at the centre) · uz -tsentrik (having a specified object at the centre) · tl -sentriko (having a specified object at the centre) · de -zentrisch (having a specified number of centres) · sh -цѐнтричан (having a specified object at the centre) · nn -sentrisk (having a specified object at the centre) · de -zentrisch (having a specified object at the centre) · sh -cèntričan (having a specified object at the centre) · sq -centrik (having a specified object at the centre) · tg -сентрӣ (having a specified object at the centre) · sv -centrisk (having a specified object at the centre) · ro -centric (having a specified object at the centre) · ro -чентрик (having a specified object at the centre) · hu -centrikus (having a specified object at the centre) · eo -centra (having a specified object at the centre) · fr -centrique (having a specified object at the centre) · ast -céntricu (having a specified object at the centre) · pl -centryczny (having a specified object at the centre) · nb -sentrisk (having a specified object at the centre) · be -цэнтры́чны (having a specified object at the centre) · tr -santrik (having a specified object at the centre) · hu -központú (having a specified object at the centre) · he ־צֶנְטְרִי (having a specified object at the centre) · ia -centric (having a specified object at the centre) · nl -centrisch (having a specified object at the centre) · el -κεντρικός (having a specified object at the centre) · id -sentris (having a specified number of centres) · sl -centričen (having a specified object at the centre) · io -centrala (having a specified object at the centre) · mk -центричен (having a specified object at the centre) · mt -ċentriku (having a specified object at the centre)