citer

Contents

English

Etymology

cite +‎ -er

Noun

citer (plural citers)

1. One who cites.

Anagrams

• Trice, recit, recti, recti-, retic, trice

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Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cithara (or through another intermediate language), from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).

Alternative forms

• citar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sidər/, [ˈsid̥ɐ]

Noun

citer c (singular definite citeren, plural indefinite citere or citre)

1. zither

Declension

Declension of citer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	citer	citeren	citere citre	citerne citrene
genitive	citers	citerens	citeres citres	citernes citrenes

Further reading

• citer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See citere (“quote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siteːr/, [siˈtˢeɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

citer or citér

1. imperative of citere

References

• “citer” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cythaer, borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ci‧ter

Noun

citer f (plural citers, diminutive citertje n)

1. zither (musical instrument)

Related terms

• gitaar

Derived terms

• citerspel

Descendants

Terms borrowed from citer

• Javanese: ꦱꦶꦠꦼꦂ (siter)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cito, citare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.te/

• audio

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Verb

citer

1. to cite, to quote
2. to summon
3. to name

Conjugation

Conjugation of citer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

present participle		citant /si.tɑ̃/
past participle		cité /si.te/
infinitive
simple		citer
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		citant /si.tɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cite /sit/	cites /sit/	cite /sit/	citons /si.tɔ̃/	citez /si.te/	citent /sit/
	imperfect	citais /si.tɛ/	citais /si.tɛ/	citait /si.tɛ/	citions /si.tjɔ̃/	citiez /si.tje/	citaient /si.tɛ/
	past historic2	citai /si.te/	citas /si.ta/	cita /si.ta/	citâmes /si.tam/	citâtes /si.tat/	citèrent /si.tɛʁ/
	future	citerai /si.tʁe/	citeras /si.tʁa/	citera /si.tʁa/	citerons /si.tʁɔ̃/	citerez /si.tʁe/	citeront /si.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	citerais /si.tʁɛ/	citerais /si.tʁɛ/	citerait /si.tʁɛ/	citerions /si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	citeriez /si.tə.ʁje/	citeraient /si.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	cite /sit/	cites /sit/	cite /sit/	citions /si.tjɔ̃/	citiez /si.tje/	citent /sit/
	imperfect2	citasse /si.tas/	citasses /si.tas/	citât /si.ta/	citassions /si.ta.sjɔ̃/	citassiez /si.ta.sje/	citassent /si.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cite /sit/	—	citons /si.tɔ̃/	citez /si.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• écrit
• récit

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Latin

Etymology

From Latin cis. Compare cēterus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ter/, [ˈkɪ.tɛr]

Verb

citer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of citō

Adjective

citer (feminine citra, neuter citerum); first/second declension

1. on this side
2. near

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	citer	citra	citrum		citrī	citrae	citra
Genitive	citrī	citrae	citrī		citrōrum	citrārum	citrōrum
Dative	citrō		citrō		citrīs
Accusative	citrum	citram	citrum		citrōs	citrās	citra
Ablative	citrō	citrā	citrō		citrīs
Vocative	citer	citra	citrum		citrī	citrae	citra

• comparative: citerior, superlative: citimus

Usage notes

The positive is exceedingly rarely found in classical Latin, but the comparative citerior is rather common.

Derived terms

• citrā

Antonyms

• ulter

References

• citer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• citer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette