cisterna

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cisterna. Doublet of cistern. === Noun === cisterna (plural cisternae) (biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Certains, Cestrian, Cretians, anticers, canister, creatins, nacrites, scantier, tercians == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cisterna. === Noun === cisterna f (plural cisternes) cistern tank (a closed container for liquids or gases) === Further reading === “cisterna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “cisterna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “cisterna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cisterna”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cisterna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪstɛrna] === Noun === cisterna f tank (closed container) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== nádrž jímka === Further reading === “cisterna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “cisterna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Galician == === Alternative forms === cistrena === Etymology === From Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɾna Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na === Noun === cisterna f (plural cisternas) cistern Synonyms: alxibe, canfurna ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cisterna”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cistrena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cisterna”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cisterna”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin cisterna. === Pronunciation === === Noun === cisterna f (plural cisterne) tank (for liquid) cistern === Anagrams === Canestri, canestri, crestina, scarnite, scartine == Latin == === Etymology === From cista +‎ -erna, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪsˈtɛr.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃisˈtɛr.na] === Noun === cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension cistern, tank (for water), reservoir ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “cisterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cisterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cisterna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin cisterna (“cistern, tank”), from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box, chest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡sisˈteɾna/ === Noun === cisterna f (plural cisternas) cistern, well Synonym: pozo m ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: cisterna == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (“woven container”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na === Noun === cisterna f (plural cisternas) cistern Synonyms: (Portugal) algibe, (Brazil) aljibe ==== Derived terms ==== camião-cisterna === Further reading === “cisterna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cisterna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cisterna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡sǐsteːrna/ Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na === Noun === cìstērna f (Cyrillic spelling цѝсте̄рна) cistern tank(er) lorry, tank truck ==== Declension ==== === References === “cisterna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish cisterna, from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box, chest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θisˈteɾna/ [θisˈt̪eɾ.na] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /sisˈteɾna/ [sisˈt̪eɾ.na] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾna Syllabification: cis‧ter‧na === Noun === cisterna f (plural cisternas) cistern Synonyms: aljibe, pozo ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “cisterna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025