cite

See also: cité

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) citer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) citare, frequentive of (deprecated template usage) ciēre.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sīt, , Template:SAMPA

Verb

cite (third-person singular simple present cit, present participle es, simple past and past participle cited)

1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
3. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court

Derived terms

• citation

Translations

quote — see quote

See also

• attest
• quote

External links

• “cite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “cite”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “cite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• EITC
• etic

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French

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of citer
2. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present indicative of citer
3. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present subjunctive of citer
4. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present subjunctive of citer
5. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular imperative of citer

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) cite

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) vocative masculine singular of citus

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Middle English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) cité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) civitas

Noun

cite (plural cites)

1. city

Coordinate terms

• toun

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Spanish

Verb

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of citar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of citar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of citar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of citar.