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cm

cm

noun sahn-tee-METR Less Common

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 s5 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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