Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-centric

/ˈsɛntrɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: -cen-tric
IPA: /ˈsɛntrɪk/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Having a specified number of centres.

suffix

Having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Decades of road-centric planning and policies have tilted the playing field strongly against public transport use."

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)

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κεντρικός

Questions

How do you pronounce -centric?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛntrɪk/.
What does -centric mean?: Having a specified number of centres.
Where does -centric come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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