cité

See also: cite, citë, and cítě

French

Etymology

From Middle French cité, from Old French cité, citet, from Latin cīvitātem, accusative of civītās (“a union of citizens, a citizenry”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.te/

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• Homophones: citer, citée, citées, cités, citez

Noun

cité f (plural cités)

1. city

   Synonym: ville

2. housing estate

Derived terms

• avoir droit de cité
• citoyen
• téci

Related terms

• citadelle
• citadin
• civil

Verb

cité m (feminine singular citée, masculine plural cités, feminine plural citées)

1. past participle of citer

Derived terms

• sus-cité

Further reading

• “cité” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cité.

Noun

cité f (plural citez)

1. city

Descendants

• French: cité

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Old French

Alternative forms

• citee
• citet (chiefly 11th and 12th centuries)
• ciutat (10th century)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siˈte/

Etymology

From Latin civītātem, accusative of cīvitās (“a union of citizens, a citizenry”)

Noun

cité f (oblique plural citez, nominative singular cité, nominative plural citez)

1. city

Descendants

• Middle French: cité
  • French: cité
• Picard: chitè
• → Middle English: cite, site, citee, city
  • English: city (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: ceety

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Spanish

Verb

cité

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of citar.