cisterna

Noun

cisterna (plural cisternae)

1. (biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.

Anagrams

• Certains, Cestrian, Cretians, canister, creatins, nacrites, scantier, tercians

Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

Noun

cisterna f

1. tank (closed container)

Further reading

• cisterna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• cisterna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cisterna f (plural cisterne)

1. tank (for liquid)
2. cistern

Anagrams

• canestri
• crestina
• scarnite

Etymology

From cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kisˈter.na/, [kɪsˈtɛr.na]

Noun

cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension

1. cistern, tank (for water)

References

• cisterna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cisterna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cisterna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology

From Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”), from Proto-Indo-European *kista (“woven container”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siʃ.ˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

1. cistern

Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sǐsteːrna/
• Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

Noun

cìstērna f (Cyrillic spelling цѝсте̄рна)

1. cistern
2. tank(er) lorry, tank truck

References

• “cisterna” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

1. cistern