cite

See also: cité and citë

English

Etymology 1

From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sīt, IPA(key): /saɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophones: sight, site

Verb

cite (third-person singular simple present cites, present participle citing, simple past and past participle cited)

  1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  3. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
Usage notes

Loosely, or for brevity in journalism, the word is used to mean no more than "mention". [an extension of sense 1]

Derived terms
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation.

Noun

cite (plural cites)

  1. (informal) A citation.
    We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.
Translations

Further reading

  • cite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • cite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • cite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

French

Verb

cite

  1. first-person singular present indicative of citer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of citer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of citer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of citer
  5. second-person singular imperative of citer

Latin

Participle

cite

  1. vocative masculine singular of citus

References

  • cite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French cité, from Latin civitas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈteː/

Noun

cite (plural cites)

  1. city

Coordinate terms

Descendants

Portuguese

Verb

cite

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of citar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of citar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of citar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of citar

Spanish

Verb

cite

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of citar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of citar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of citar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of citar.
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