cetate

See also: Cetate and cetåte

Romanian

Alternative forms

• четате (cetate) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”). Originally also having the sense of city; which was displaced by the Magyarism oraș. The two can been seen used interchangeably in old texts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈta.te/

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• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: ce‧ta‧te

Noun

cetate f (plural cetăți)

1. citadel, fortress
2. (walled) city
3. (obsolete) city

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cetate	cetatea	cetăți	cetățile
genitive-dative	cetăți	cetății	cetăți	cetăților
vocative	cetate, cetateo		cetăților

Synonyms

• citadelă, fortăreață

Derived terms

• Cetate
• cetățean
• cetățuie

Related terms

• civil

Further reading

• “cetate”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin cīvitātem.

Noun

cetate ?

1. city, town