cifra

cifra f (plural cifres)

1. number, figure

Inherited from Old Czech cifra, borrowed from German Ziffer, from Medieval Latin cifra (“numeral; zero symbol”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪfra]

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cifra f

1. digit

   Synonym: číslice

• “cifra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “cifra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “cifra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sifrɒ]

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• Hyphenation: cif‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

cifra (comparative cifrább, superlative legcifrább)

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

• cifra in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• cifra in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• cyfra, cifera, cyfera, zifra, zifera (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ifra
• Hyphenation: cì‧fra

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

cifra f (plural cifre)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cifra

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

• Carfì, cafri, farci, farcì

• cīfera, cīphra, cȳffra

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkiː.fra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.fra]

cīfra f (genitive cīfrae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. numeral, cipher
2. 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.

First-declension noun.

• zēphirum n

• English: cipher
• French: chiffre
• Friulian: cifre
• Hungarian: cifra
• Italian: cifra
• Piedmontese: cifra

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

• Hyphenation: ci‧fra

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

cifra f (plural cifras)

1. number
2. amount, figure
3. code, cipher
4. (music) number or letter that represents a chord

cifra

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

• “cifra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cifra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French chiffrer.

a cifra (third-person singular present cifrează, past participle cifrat) 1st conjugation

1. to quantify
2. to cypher

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently "zero"; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century.

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

cȉfra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏фра)

1. digit
2. figure
3. number, numeral

• IPA^(key): /ˈθifɾa/ [ˈθi.fɾa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsifɾa/ [ˈsi.fɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ifɾa
• Syllabification: ci‧fra

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.

cifra f (plural cifras)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cifra

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

• “cifra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024