cifra

See also: cifrá, cifră, and ċifra

Asturian

Noun

cifra f (plural cifres)

1. number, figure

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

cifra f

1. digit

Derived terms

• ciferník m

Related terms

• šifra f

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sifrɒ]

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• Hyphenation: cif‧ra

Adjective

cifra (comparative cifrább, superlative legcifrább)

1. ornamented, gaudy
2. (figurative, colloquial) indecent, vulgar, dirty

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cifra	cifrák
accusative	cifrát	cifrákat
dative	cifrának	cifráknak
instrumental	cifrával	cifrákkal
causal-final	cifráért	cifrákért
translative	cifrává	cifrákká
terminative	cifráig	cifrákig
essive-formal	cifraként	cifrákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cifrában	cifrákban
superessive	cifrán	cifrákon
adessive	cifránál	cifráknál
illative	cifrába	cifrákba
sublative	cifrára	cifrákra
allative	cifrához	cifrákhoz
elative	cifrából	cifrákból
delative	cifráról	cifrákról
ablative	cifrától	cifráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	cifráé	cifráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cifráéi	cifrákéi

Derived terms

• cifraság
• cifráz

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).

Noun

cifra f (plural cifre)

1. figure, numeral
2. sum
3. code, cipher
4. (in the plural) initials, monogram

Verb

cifra

1. third-person singular present indicative of cifrare
2. second-person singular imperative of cifrare

Anagrams

• cafri, farci, farcì

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cifera
• ciphra

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/, [ˈt͡ʃiːfrä]

Noun

cifra f (genitive cifrae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. numeral, cipher
2. zero (symbol)
   • ca. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Arte Numerandi, in Rara Mathematica (1841), p.3 [1]

     Decima figura dicitur theta, vel circulus, vel cifra, vel figura nihili quia nihil significat, sed locum tenens dat aliis significare: nam sine cifra vel cifris purus non potest scribi articulus.

     The tenth symbol is called theta, or circle, or zero, or the null symbol, which indicates none, but, holding a place, gives a different meaning: for without a zero or zeroes, it is not possible to write the pure single word.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cifra	cifrae
Genitive	cifrae	cifrārum
Dative	cifrae	cifrīs
Accusative	cifram	cifrās
Ablative	cifrā	cifrīs
Vocative	cifra	cifrae

Descendants

• English: cipher
• French: chiffre
• Hungarian: cifra

References

• cifra in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Verb

cifra

1. third-person singular present indicative of cifrar
2. second-person singular imperative of cifrar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently "zero"; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsîfra/
• Hyphenation: cif‧ra

Noun

cȉfra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏фра)

1. digit
2. figure
3. number, numeral

Declension

Declension of cifra

	singular	plural
nominative	cȉfra	cifre
genitive	cifre	cȉfārā / cȉfrī
dative	cifri	ciframa
accusative	cifru	cifre
vocative	cifro	cifre
locative	cifri	ciframa
instrumental	cifrom	ciframa

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently 'zero'; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century. Cognate with English cipher.

Noun

cifra f (plural cifras)

1. digit
2. number
3. amount
4. cipher; code

Verb

cifra

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cifrar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cifrar.