cité

See also: cite, citë, and cítě

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cité, from Old French cité, citet, from Latin cīvitātem (“a union of citizens, a citizenry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.te/

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• Homophones: citer, citée, citées, cités, citez

Noun

cité f (plural cités)

1. city

   Synonym: ville

2. citizenship

   Synonym: citoyenneté

   obtenir la cité ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. a fortified city, city-state, or historic city centre specifically

   la Cité des Papes ― the city of popes (Avignon)

4. (historical, Canada) a municipality with city rather than town status
5. housing estate
6. complex of buildings or district set aside for a specific purpose; campus

Usage notes

• This word is usually used in historical, technical, or metaphorical senses, with the usual term for a town or city of any size being ville.

Derived terms

• avoir droit de cité
• cité universitaire
• citoyen
• téci

Related terms

• citadelle
• citadin
• civil

Descendants

• → Dutch: cité
• → Turkish: site

Participle

cité (feminine citée, masculine plural cités, feminine plural citées)

1. past participle of citer

Derived terms

• sus-cité

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cité.

Noun

cité f (plural citez)

1. city

Descendants

• French: cité

Old French

Noun

cité oblique singular, f (oblique plural citez, nominative singular cité, nominative plural citez)

1. Alternative form of citet

Spanish

Verb

cité

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of citar