Everything about Centime totally explained
Centime (from Latin
centesimus) is
French for "
cent", and is used in English as the name of the fraction
currency in several
Francophone countries (including
Switzerland,
Algeria,
Belgium,
Morocco and
France).
In France the usage of
centime goes back to the introduction of the decimal monetary system under
Napoleon. This system aimed at replacing non-decimal fractions of older coins. A five-centime coin was known as a
sou, for example a
solidus or
shilling.
Conversely in
Quebec, 1/100 of a
Canadian dollar is called
sou (penny).
Subdivision of euro: cent or centime?
In the European community
cent is the official name for 1/100 of a
euro. However, in French-speaking countries the word
centime is the one preferentially used. Indeed, the
Conseil supérieur de la langue française of Belgium recommends in 2001 the use of
centime, since the word
cent has two meanings ("cent" and "hundred"). An analogous decision is published in
Journal officiel in France (
December 2,
1997).
In Morocco,
dirhams are divided into 100
centimes and one may find prices in the country quoted in
centimes rather than in dirhams. Sometimes
centimes are known as francs or in
former Spanish areas,
pesetas.
Usage
Centime is one hundredth of the following basic monetary units:
Current
Obsolete
Algerian franc
Belgian franc
Cambodian franc
French Camerounian franc
French Guianan franc
French franc
Guadeloupe franc
Katangan franc
Luxembourgish franc
Malagasy franc
Malian franc
Martinique franc
Monegasque franc
Moroccan franc
New Hebrides franc
Réunion franc
Spanish Peseta
Tunisian franc
Westphalian frankFurther Information
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