citation

English

Etymology

From Middle English citacioun, from Old French citation, from Latin citātiō. By surface analysis, cite +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪˈteɪʃn̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪˈteɪʃən/, [ˌsaɪˈtʰeɪʃn̩]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: ci‧tat‧ion

Noun

citation (countable and uncountable, plural citations)

1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
   • 1851, “United States Reports/Volume 70”, in Castro v. United States, United States Supreme Court:

     No citation was issued upon this appeal returnable to the next term of this court, nor was the record filed and the cause docketed during that term. On the 29th of May, 1865, however, a citation was issued, returnable at this term, and service of this citation was acknowledged by the present district attorney; and the writ was returned and the record filed at this term, under an agreement between the district attorney and the attorney for the claimants, to submit the cause upon printed briefs.

2. The paper containing such summons or notice.
3. The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.
4. An entry in a list of sources from which information was taken, typically following a prescribed bibliographical style; a reference.
5. The passage or words quoted; a quotation.
7. (lexicography) A quotation with attached bibliographical details demonstrating the use of a particular lexical item in a dictionary, especially a dictionary on historical principles.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎^[1], page 3:

     Historically, target words were garnered through focused reading programs and citations were handwritten on slips of paper which were collated alphabetically and stored in drawers for ready access (much like old-fashioned library catalogues).

8. Enumeration; mention.

   It's a simple citation of facts.

9. A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
10. A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.

Synonyms

• (passage of words quoted): cite, quotation, quote

Derived terms

• autocitation
• case citation
• citational
• citation cartel
• citation cord
• citation form
• citationless
• citation needed
• co-citation
• coercive citation
• metacitation
• miscitation
• neutral citation
• neutral citation
• overcitation
• parallel citation
• self-citation
• string citation
• undercitation

 

Related terms

• cite

Translations

an official summons

• Bulgarian: призовка (bg) f (prizovka)
• Dutch: dagvaarding (nl) m or n
• German: Vorladung (de) f
• Greek: κλήτευση (el) f (klítefsi), κλήση (el) f (klísi)
• Hungarian: idézés (hu), beidézés (hu)
• Russian: вы́зов (ru) m (výzov), пове́стка (ru) f (povéstka)
• Spanish: citatorio m, citatoria (es) f

the act of citing a passage from a book

• Bulgarian: цити́ране n (citírane)
• Catalan: cita (ca) f, citació (ca) f
• Danish: citation c, citering c
• Dutch: citaat (nl) n, aanhaling (nl) f
• Faroese: endurgeving f
• German: Zitieren n
• Greek: παράθεση (el) f (paráthesi), παραπομπή (el) f (parapompí), μνεία (el) f (mneía)
• Hebrew: ציטוט (he) m (tzitut)
• Hungarian: idézés (hu)
• Portuguese: citação (pt) f
• Romanian: citare (ro) f, citat (ro) n
• Russian: цити́рование (ru) n (citírovanije)
• Spanish: cita (es) f, citación (es) f
• Turkish: alıntı yapma, alıntılama (tr), iktibas etme (obsolescent)

the passage or words quoted; quotation — see quote

(lexicography) a quotation with attached bibliographical details

• Arabic: شَاهِد (ar) m npers (šāhid)

enumeration

• Bulgarian: изброяване n (izbrojavane)
• Dutch: vermelding (nl) f
• German: Aufzählung (de) f
• Greek: απαρίθμηση (el) f (aparíthmisi), κατάλογος (el) m (katálogos)
• Russian: перечисле́ние (ru) n (perečislénije)
• Turkish: tadat (tr), zikir (tr)

a reference to decided cases, or books of authority

• Bulgarian: позоваване n (pozovavane)
• Catalan: cita (ca) f
• Dutch: bronvermelding (nl) f
• Finnish: viite (fi)
• Greek: αναφορά (el) f (anaforá), παραπομπή (el) f (parapompí)
• Hungarian: hivatkozás (hu)
• Russian: ссы́лка (ru) f (ssýlka), упомина́ние (ru) n (upominánije) (mention)
• Serbo-Croatian: navod (sh) m

a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement

• Dutch: citatie (nl) f
• German: Begründung (de) f; ehrenvolle Erwähnung f
• Greek: εύφημος μνεία f (éffimos mneía)
• Hungarian: dicséret (hu)
• Maori: kupu hautoa
• Russian: объявле́ние благода́рности n (obʺjavlénije blagodárnosti)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} citace (cs) f
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} ardlua m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} mención (es) f

See also

• attestation

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sitaˈɕoˀn/

Noun

citation c (singular definite citationen, plural indefinite citationer)

1. citation (act of citing)
2. quotation (act of quoting)

Inflection

Declension of citation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	citation	citationen	citationer	citationerne
genitive	citations	citationens	citationers	citationernes

Synonyms

• citering

Derived terms

• citationstegn

French

Etymology

From Latin citātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ta.sjɔ̃/
• Homophones: citations, citassions

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

citation f (plural citations)

1. citation, quotation

Further reading

• “citation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin citātiō.

Noun

citation c

1. citation