| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | common |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | centimeter | centimetern | centimeter | centimeterna |
| Genitive | centimeters | centimeterns | centimeters | centimeternas |
| Afrikaans | sentimeter |
|---|---|
| Catalan | centímetre |
| Czech | centimetr |
| Danish | centimeter |
| Dutch | centimeter |
| English | centimetre |
| Esperanto | centimetro |
| French | centimètre |
| German | Zentimeter |
| Greek | εκατοστόμετρο |
| Icelandic | sentimetri |
| Italian | centimetro |
| Luxemburgish | Zentimeter |
| Malay | sentimeter |
| Norwegian | centimeter |
| Papiamento | sèntimeter; sèntimetro |
| Polish | centymetr |
| Portuguese | centímetro |
| Romanian | centimetru |
| Russian | сантиметр |
| Saterland Frisian | Centimeter |
| Scots | centimetre |
| Scottish Gaelic | ceudameatair |
| Spanish | centímetro |
| Swahili | sentimita; sentimeta |
| Tagalog | sentímetró |
| Thai | เซนติเมตร |
| Turkish | santimetre; santim |
| Welsh | centimetr |
| West Frisian | sintimeter |