cifra

See also: cifrá, cifră, and ċifra

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Asturian

Noun

cifra f (plural cifres)

1. number, figure

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

cifra f

1. digit

Derived terms

• ciferník m

Related terms

• šifra f

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sifrɒ]

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• Hyphenation: cif‧ra

Adjective

cifra (comparative cifrább, superlative legcifrább)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

• cifraság
• cifráz

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Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

cifra f (plural cifre)

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

Verb

cifra

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

Anagrams

• cafri, farci, farcì

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cifera
• ciphra

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/, [ˈt͡ʃiː.fra]

Noun

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.

Declension

First declension.

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

Descendants

• English: cipher
• French: chiffre
• Hungarian: cifra

References

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

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Portuguese

Verb

cifra

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /tsîfra/
• Hyphenation: cif‧ra

Noun

cȉfra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏фра)

1. digit
2. figure
3. number, numeral

Declension

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

cifra f (plural cifras)

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

Verb

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.