cite

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: sīt, IPA(key): /saɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophones: sight, site === Etymology 1 === From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one. ==== Verb ==== cite (third-person singular simple present cites, present participle citing, simple past and past participle cited) (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. (transitive) To mention; to make mention of. To mention by way of explanation. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== citation ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== attest quote === Etymology 2 === From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation. ==== Noun ==== cite (plural cites) (informal) A citation. Alternative form: cit ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== “cite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “cite”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “cite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === -etic, CETI, EITC, Tice, etic, tice == Albanian == === Etymology 1 === See citë. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈt͡sitɛ/ ==== Noun ==== cite indefinite dative/ablative singular of citë (“knitting needle”) === Etymology 2 === See cit (“to fill”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈt͡sitɛ/ ==== Verb ==== cite second-person singular aorist indicative of cit == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪtɛ] === Noun === cite vocative singular of cit == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sit/ Homophones: citent, cites, scythe, Scythe, scythes, Scythes, site, sites === Verb === cite inflection of citer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪ.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.te] ==== Participle ==== cite vocative masculine singular of citus === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪ.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.te] ==== Adverb ==== citē (comparative citius, superlative citissimē) quickly; fast Synonym: citō̆ === References === “cite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cete, cetee, cetie, cety, citee, citie, citty, city, cyte, cyty, sete, scite, site, syte, syty === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French cite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /siˈteː/, /ˈsiteː/ === Noun === cite (plural cites) A city (settlement larger than a town) Coordinate term: toun (religion) A stronghold or fortress. (rare) The people of a city. ==== Descendants ==== English: city (see there for further descendants) Scots: ceety, ceetie ==== References ==== “citẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Verb === cite inflection of citar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθite/ [ˈθi.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsite/ [ˈsi.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ite Syllabification: ci‧te === Verb === cite inflection of citar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative