cite

English Online Dictionary. What means cite‎? What does cite mean?

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)

1. (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
2. (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
   1. To mention by way of explanation.
3. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
4. (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)

1. (informal) A citation.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “cite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪtɛ]

Noun

cite

1. vocative singular of cit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sit/
• Homophones: citent, cites, scythe, Scythe, scythes, Scythes, site, sites

Verb

cite

1. inflection of citer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

cite

1. vocative masculine singular of citus

References

• “cite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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)

1. A city (settlement larger than a town)

   Coordinate term: toun
2. (religion) A stronghold or fortress.
3. (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

1. inflection of citar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθite/ [ˈθi.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsite/ [ˈsi.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: ci‧te

Verb

cite

1. inflection of citar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative