Wiktionary

cifra

See also: cifrá, cifră, and ċifra

AsturianEdit

NounEdit

cifra f (plural cifres)

  1. number, figure

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

cifra f

  1. digit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).[1][2]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sifrɒ]
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  • Hyphenation: cif‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

AdjectiveEdit

cifra (comparative cifrább, superlative legcifrább)

  1. ornamented, gaudy
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) indecent, vulgar, dirty

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cifra cifrák
accusative cifrát cifrákat
dative cifrának cifráknak
instrumental cifrával cifrákkal
causal-final cifráért cifrákért
translative cifrává cifrákká
terminative cifráig cifrákig
essive-formal cifraként cifrákként
essive-modal — —
inessive cifrában cifrákban
superessive cifrán cifrákon
adessive cifránál cifráknál
illative cifrába cifrákba
sublative cifrára cifrákra
allative cifrához cifrákhoz
elative cifrából cifrákból
delative cifráról cifrákról
ablative cifrától cifráktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		cifráé cifráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		cifráéi cifrákéi

Derived termsEdit

Expressions

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ cifra in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ cifra in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further readingEdit

  • cifra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • cifra in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/
  • Rhymes: -ifra
  • Hyphenation: cì‧fra

NounEdit

cifra f (plural cifre)

  1. figure, numeral
  2. sum
  3. code, cipher
  4. (in the plural) initials, monogram

VerbEdit

cifra

  1. inflection of cifrare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

cifra f (genitive cifrae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. numeral, cipher
  2. zero (symbol)
    • ca. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Arte Numerandi, in Rara Mathematica (1841), p.3 [1]
      Decima figura dicitur theta, vel circulus, vel cifra, vel figura nihili quia nihil significat, sed locum tenens dat aliis significare: nam sine cifra vel cifris purus non potest scribi articulus.
      The tenth symbol is called theta, or circle, or zero, or the null symbol, which indicates none, but, holding a place, gives a different meaning: for without a zero or zeroes, it is not possible to write the pure single word.

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cifra cifrae
Genitive cifrae cifrārum
Dative cifrae cifrīs
Accusative cifram cifrās
Ablative cifrā cifrīs
Vocative cifra cifrae

DescendantsEdit

  • English: cipher
  • French: chiffre
  • Friulian: cifre
  • Hungarian: cifra
  • Italian: cifra
  • Piedmontese: cifra

ReferencesEdit

  • cifra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

PortugueseEdit

 
Acordes marcados com cifras (4).

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.

NounEdit

cifra f (plural cifras)

  1. number
  2. amount, figure
  3. code, cipher
  4. (music) number or letter that represents a chord

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

cifra

  1. third-person singular present indicative of cifrar
  2. second-person singular imperative of cifrar

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French chiffrer.

VerbEdit

a cifra (third-person singular present cifrează, past participle cifrat) 1st conj.

  1. to quantify
  2. to cypher

ConjugationEdit

    conjugation of cifra (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a cifra
gerund cifrând
past participle cifrat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present cifrez cifrezi cifrează cifrăm cifrați cifrează
imperfect cifram cifrai cifra cifram cifrați cifrau
simple perfect cifrai cifrași cifră cifrarăm cifrarăți cifrară
pluperfect cifrasem cifraseși cifrase cifraserăm cifraserăți cifraseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să cifrez să cifrezi să cifreze să cifrăm să cifrați să cifreze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative cifrează cifrați
negative nu cifra nu cifrați

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently "zero"; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /t͡sîfra/
  • Hyphenation: cif‧ra

NounEdit

cȉfra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏фра)

  1. digit
  2. figure
  3. number, numeral

DeclensionEdit

Declension of cifra
singular plural
nominative cȉfra cifre
genitive cifre cȉfārā / cȉfrī
dative cifri ciframa
accusative cifru cifre
vocative cifro cifre
locative cifri ciframa
instrumental cifrom ciframa

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθifɾa/, [ˈθif.ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsifɾa/, [ˈsif.ɾa]

Etymology 1Edit

From Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently 'zero'; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century. Cognate with English cipher.

NounEdit

cifra f (plural cifras)

  1. digit
  2. number
  3. amount
  4. cipher; code
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

cifra

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of cifrar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cifrar.

Further readingEdit

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