different between cyte vs cete

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (kútos, “hollow”, “vessel”); compare -cyte.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sa?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??t/

Noun

cyte (plural cytes)

1. (biology, rare) Synonym of cell (“quantity of protoplasm, containing a nucleus, enclosed within a cell membrane”)
   • 1874 August, Louis Elsberg, «Regeneration, or the Preservation of Organic Molecules: A Contribution to the Doctrine of Evolution» in Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Twenty-third meeting, held at Hartford, Conn., August, 1874, ed. Frederic Ward Putnam (1875), part II, § B: “Natural History”, field iv: ‘Zoology’, page 90, footnote 1:

Etymology 2

Noun

cyte (plural cytes)

1. Obsolete form of city. [13th—16th c.]

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cete (plural cetes)

1. (rare) A cetacean.

Etymology 2

Noun

cete (plural cetes)

1. (obsolete) A company of badgers.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin c?t?, plural form of c?tos, alternative form of c?tus, from Ancient Greek ????? (kêtos, “any sea-monster or huge fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???.te/
• Rhymes: -?te
• Hyphenation: cè?te

Noun

cete f (plural ceti)

1. (obsolete) whale

   Synonym: balena

Related terms

• cetaceo

References

• cete in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

c?t?

1. nominative plural of c?tos
2. accusative plural of c?tos

Etymology 2

Noun

c?te

1. vocative singular of c?tus

References

• cete in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Noun

cete

1. plural of ceat?

Tatar

Adjective

cete

1. sharp