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central

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron); by surface analysis, centre +‎ -al.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɹəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl

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central (comparative more central, superlative most central)

  1. Being in the centre.
    • 1814, William Wordsworth, “The Parsonage”, in The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, volume V, London: Longman, published 1827, page 340:
      Egyption Thebes; / Tyre by the margin of the sounding waves; / Palmyra, central in the Desert, fell; / And the Arts died by which they had been raised.
    • 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.
    • 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The network had no central ownership or controller; and it did only one thing – transfer data packets from one edge of the network to their destination at another edge.
  2. Having or containing the centre of something.
  3. Being very important, or key to something.
    Synonyms: dominant, main, principal
    • 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.
    • 2020 May 6, Jim Steer, “Full Business Case offers fresh insight into HS2's prospects”, in Rail, page 51, photo caption:
      Passengers crowd in the main concourse at London Euston on January 28 2017, before boarding West Coast Main Line services. The urgent need to relieve congestion and improve reliability on the WCML remains central in the recently published Full Business Case for HS2.
  4. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
  5. (algebra) Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.
    1. Of an element of an algebraic structure: which commutes with all other elements under multiplication
    2. Of a unital algebra over a field: whose center is exactly equal to the image of the base field

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central (plural centrals)

  1. (especially US) center

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Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

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central m or f (masculine and feminine plural centrals)

  1. central (being in the centre)

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central f (plural centrals)

  1. nexus; headquarters (non-military); central office
    Synonym: seu (“seat or headquarters”)
    Antonym: sucursal (“branch office”)
    Hyponyms: central telefònica, central telegràfica
  2. (electricity) power plant
    Hyponyms: central elèctrica; central eòlica; central fotovoltaica; central geotèrmica; central heliotèrmica, central heliotermodinàmica; central hidràulica, central hidroelèctrica; central hidrotèrmica; central mareomotriu; central nuclear; central solar; central tèrmica, central termoelèctrica

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin centralis.

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central c (singular definite centralen, plural indefinite centraler)

  1. headquarters, place whence organizations are administrated

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Declension of central
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative central centralen centraler centralerne
genitive centrals centralens centralers centralernes

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central

  1. central, being in the centre

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Inflection of central
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular central — —2
indefinite 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.

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French

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Borrowed from Latin centrālis. By surface analysis, centre +‎ -al.

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

  1. central
    Antonym: périphérique

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  • → Turkish: santral

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin centrālis.

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central m or f (plural centrais)

  1. central

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Occitan

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Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

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central m (feminine singular centrala, masculine plural centrals, feminine plural centralas)

  1. central
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Portuguese

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Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tral

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central m or f (plural centrais)

  1. central

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central f (plural centrais)

  1. centre
  2. headquarters
  3. (Portugal, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French central, Latin centrālis. By surface analysis, centru +‎ -al.

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

  1. central, pivotal, nodal

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite central centrală centrali centrale
definite centralul centrala centralii centralele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite central centrale centrali centrale
definite centralului centralei centralelor centralilor

Spanish

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Borrowed from Latin centrālis.

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈtɾal/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈtɾal/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cen‧tral

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central m or f (masculine and feminine plural centrales)

  1. central

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central f (plural centrales)

  1. headquarter
  2. center
  3. power station
    Synonym: centra eléctrica

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central m or (Cuba) f (plural centrales)

  1. (Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Cuba) a sugar mill

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Etymology 1

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

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central

  1. central, centralized, situated at the centre (of a town)
  2. central, important
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Inflection of central
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular central centralare centralast
neuter singular centralt centralare centralast
plural centrala centralare centralast
masculine plural2 centrale centralare centralast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 centrale centralare centralaste
all centrala centralare centralaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Etymology 2

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

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central c

  1. a central, a centre, a central station, a junction, a connection point, an electrical switchboard
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Declension of central
nominative genitive
singular indefinite central centrals
definite centralen centralens
plural indefinite centraler centralers
definite centralerna centralernas
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