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English

Etymology

From Old French citation, from Latin cit?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa??te??n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sa??te???n/, [?sa??t?e??n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n
• 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 - United States Supreme Court, Castro v. United States

     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 book, or from another person, in their own words.
4. An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
5. The passage or words quoted; quotation.
6. (lexicography) A quotation with attached bibliographical details demonstrating the use of a particular lexical item in a dictionary, especially a dictionary on historical principles.
7. Enumeration; mention.

   It's a simple citation of facts.

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

Synonyms

• (passage of words): quotation
• (passage of words): quote

Derived terms

• citation needed
• case citation
• parallel citation

Related terms

• cite

Translations

See also

• attestation

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sita??o?n/

Noun

citation c (singular definite citationen, plural indefinite citationer)

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

Inflection

Synonyms

• citering

Derived terms

• citationstegn

French

Etymology

From Latin cit?ti?.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

citation f (plural citations)

1. citation, quotation

Further reading

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

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cit?ti?.

Noun

citation c

1. citation

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?t, IPA^(key): /sa?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophones: sight, site

Etymology 1

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

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

• cital

Related terms

• citation

Translations

See also

• attest
• quote

Etymology 2

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

Noun

cite (plural cites)

1. (informal) a citation

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• -etic, CETI, EITC, Tice, etic, tice

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?t?]

Noun

cite

1. vocative singular of cit

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

• site, citee, city

Etymology

Old French cité, from Latin civitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?te?/

Noun

cite (plural cites)

1. city
   • a. 1382, Wycliffe's Bible, Luke 8:1:

     And it was don aftirward, and Jhesu made iorney by citees and castelis, prechinge and euangelysinge þe rewme of God

     And it was done afterwards, and Jesus made a journey through cities and castles, proclaiming and spreading the kingdom of God.

Coordinate terms

• toun

Descendants

• English: city (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: ceety

Portuguese

Verb

cite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of citar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of citar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of citar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of citar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??ite/, [??i.t?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?site/, [?si.t?e]

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.