citer

See also: citĕr and čitër

English

Etymology

From cite +‎ -er.

Noun

citer (plural citers)

1. One who cites.

Anagrams

• Ticer, Trice, recit, recti, recti-, retic, trice

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cithara (or through another intermediate language), from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).

Alternative forms

• citar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sidər/, [ˈsid̥ɐ]

Noun

citer c (singular definite citeren, plural indefinite citere or citre)

1. zither

Declension

Declension of citer

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	citer	citeren	citere citre	citerne citrene
genitive	citers	citerens	citeres citres	citernes citrenes

Further reading

• citer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See citere (“quote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siteːr/, [siˈtˢeɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

citer or citér

1. imperative of citere

References

• “citer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cythaer, from Old Dutch cithara, borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ci‧ter

Noun

citer f (plural citers, diminutive citertje n)

1. zither (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• citerspel

Related terms

• gitaar

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sitêr
• → Javanese: ꦱꦶꦠꦼꦂ (siter)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.te/
• Homophones: citai, cité, citée, citées, cités, citez

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

citer

1. to cite, quote
2. to summon
3. to name

Conjugation

Conjugation of citer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	citer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	citant /si.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cité /si.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cite /sit/	cites /sit/	cite /sit/	citons /si.tɔ̃/	citez /si.te/	citent /sit/
	imperfect	citais /si.tɛ/	citais /si.tɛ/	citait /si.tɛ/	citions /si.tjɔ̃/	citiez /si.tje/	citaient /si.tɛ/
	past historic2	citai /si.te/	citas /si.ta/	cita /si.ta/	citâmes /si.tam/	citâtes /si.tat/	citèrent /si.tɛʁ/
	future	citerai /si.tʁe/	citeras /si.tʁa/	citera /si.tʁa/	citerons /si.tʁɔ̃/	citerez /si.tʁe/	citeront /si.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	citerais /si.tʁɛ/	citerais /si.tʁɛ/	citerait /si.tʁɛ/	citerions /si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	citeriez /si.tə.ʁje/	citeraient /si.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	cite /sit/	cites /sit/	cite /sit/	citions /si.tjɔ̃/	citiez /si.tje/	citent /sit/
	imperfect2	citasse /si.tas/	citasses /si.tas/	citât /si.ta/	citassions /si.ta.sjɔ̃/	citassiez /si.ta.sje/	citassent /si.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cite /sit/	—	citons /si.tɔ̃/	citez /si.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• sus-cité

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• écrit, récit

Latin

Etymology 1

From cis +‎ *-teros. Compare cēterus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ter/, [ˈkɪt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ter/, [ˈt͡ʃiːt̪er]

Adjective

citer (feminine citra, neuter citrum, comparative citerior, superlative citimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. on this side
2. near

Usage notes

The positive is exceedingly rarely found in classical Latin, but the comparative citerior is rather common.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	citer	citra	citrum		citrī	citrae	citra
genitive	citrī	citrae	citrī		citrōrum	citrārum	citrōrum
dative	citrō	citrae	citrō		citrīs
accusative	citrum	citram	citrum		citrōs	citrās	citra
ablative	citrō	citrā	citrō		citrīs
vocative	citer	citra	citrum		citrī	citrae	citra

Antonyms

• ulter

Derived terms

• citrā

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Verb

citer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of citō

References

• “citer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• citer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

citer m (definite singular citeren, indefinite plural citere, definite plural citerne)

1. form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by siter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

citer m (definite singular citeren, indefinite plural citerar, definite plural citerane)

1. (pre-2021) alternative form of siter