cité

Etymology

From Middle French cité, from Old French cité, citet, from Latin cīvitātem, accusative of civītās (“a union of citizens, a citizenry”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.te/

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• Homophones: citer, citée, citées, cités, citez

Noun

cité f (plural cités)

1. city

   Synonym: ville

2. housing estate

Verb

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

1. past participle of citer

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Old French cité.

Noun

cité f (plural citez)

1. city

Alternative forms

• citee
• citet (chiefly 11th and 12th centuries)
• ciutat (10th century)

Etymology

From Latin civītātem, accusative of cīvitās (“a union of citizens, a citizenry”)

Noun

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

1. city

Verb

cité

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of citar.