cité

See also: cite, citë, and cítě

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French citet, Latin cīvitās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.te/

Noun

cité f (plural cités)

  1. (Troyen) city

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.te/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: citée, citées, citer, cités, citez
  • Hyphenation: ci‧té

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French cité, from Old French citet, from older ciptet, from Late Latin cīvitātem (city).

Noun

cité f (plural cités)

  1. city
    Synonym: ville
  2. citizenship
    Synonym: citoyenneté
    obtenir la citéto obtain citizenship
  3. a fortified city, city-state, or historic city centre specifically
    la Cité des Papesthe city of popes (Avignon)
  4. (historical, Canada) a municipality with city rather than town status
  5. housing estate
  6. complex of buildings or district set aside for a specific purpose; campus
Usage notes
  • This word is usually used in historical, technical, or metaphorical senses, with the usual term for a town or city of any size being ville.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Dutch: cité
  • Turkish: site

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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

  1. past participle of citer
Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cité.

Noun

cité f (plural citez)

  1. city

Descendants

Old French

Noun

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

  1. alternative form of citet

Spanish

Verb

cité

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of citar