cifra
Asturian edit
Noun edit
cifra f (plural cifres)
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech cifra, borrowed from German Ziffer, from Medieval Latin cifra (“numeral; zero symbol”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cifra f
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- ciferník m
Related terms edit
- šifra f
Further reading edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cifra (comparative cifrább, superlative legcifrább)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 terms edit
References edit
- ^ 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.)
- ^ cifra in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading edit
- cifra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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 2024)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.
Noun edit
cifra f (plural cifre)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cifra
- inflection of cifrare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/, [ˈt͡ʃiːfrä]
Noun edit
cifra f (genitive cifrae); first declension (Medieval Latin)
- numeral, cipher
- zero (symbol)
- c. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, “De Arte Numerandi”, in Rara Mathematica[1], published 1841, page 3:
- 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.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cifra | cifrae |
Genitive | cifrae | cifrārum |
Dative | cifrae | cifrīs |
Accusative | cifram | cifrās |
Ablative | cifrā | cifrīs |
Vocative | cifra | cifrae |
Descendants edit
References edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ci‧fra
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.
Noun edit
cifra f (plural cifras)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cifra
- inflection of cifrar:
Further reading edit
- “cifra” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “cifra” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chiffrer.
Verb edit
a cifra (third-person singular present cifrează, past participle cifrat) 1st conj.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a cifra | ||||||
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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-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently "zero"; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cȉfra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏фра)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθifɾa/ [ˈθi.fɾa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsifɾa/ [ˈsi.fɾa]
- Rhymes: -ifɾa
- Syllabification: ci‧fra
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed 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.
Noun edit
cifra f (plural cifras)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cifra
- inflection of cifrar:
Further reading edit
- “cifra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014