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cité

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See also: cite, citë, and cítě

Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French citet, Latin cīvitās.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /si.te/

Noun

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cité f (plural cités)

  1. (Troyen) city

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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  • 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

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: cité
  • Turkish: site

Participle

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

  1. past participle of citer

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French cité.

Noun

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cité f (plural citez)

  1. city

Descendants

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Old French

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Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of citet

Spanish

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Verb

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cité

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of citar