citer
See also: citĕr
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
citer (plural citers)
- One who cites.
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin cithara (or through another intermediate language), from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
citer c (singular definite citeren, plural indefinite citere or citre)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of citer
Further readingEdit
citer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2Edit
See citere (“quote”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
citer or citér
- imperative of citere
ReferencesEdit
- “citer” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch cythaer, from Old Dutch cithara, borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
citer f (plural citers, diminutive citertje n)
- zither (musical instrument)
Related termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin citō, citāre.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
citer
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of citer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | citer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | citant /si.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cité /si.te/ | ||||||
| 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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 The French gerund is only usable with the 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). | |||||||
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “citer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
citer
AdjectiveEdit
citer (feminine citra, neuter citrum, comparative citerior, superlative citimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective (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 | |
Usage notesEdit
The positive is exceedingly rarely found in classical Latin, but the comparative citerior is rather common.
Derived termsEdit
AntonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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