Usage Note
cm is the abbreviation for centimètre, one hundredth of a metre. In French, abbreviations of metric units are written without a period and do not take a plural s — 5 cm, not 5 cms. The full form centimètre is masculine: un centimètre.
Examples
"La règle mesure trente cm de long."
Natural Translation
The ruler is thirty cm long.
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