citi

See also: cití, cíti-, cítí, and çıtı

Albanian

Etymology

See cit (“to fill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siti/

Verb

citi

1. third-person singular aorist indicative of cit

Catalan

Verb

citi

1. inflection of citar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From French citer, Italian citare, English cite, German zitieren, all ultimately from Latin citō (“to cause to move; to summon, invite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siti/

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: ci‧ti

Verb

citi (present citas, past citis, future citos, conditional citus, volitive citu)

1. to cite
2. to quote

Conjugation

Conjugation of citi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		citas		citis		citos
active participle		citanta	citantaj	citinta	citintaj	citonta	citontaj
	acc.	citantan	citantajn	citintan	citintajn	citontan	citontajn
passive participle		citata	citataj	citita	cititaj	citota	citotaj
	acc.	citatan	citatajn	cititan	cititajn	citotan	citotajn
nominal active participle		citanto	citantoj	citinto	citintoj	citonto	citontoj
	acc.	citanton	citantojn	citinton	citintojn	citonton	citontojn
nominal passive participle		citato	citatoj	citito	cititoj	citoto	citotoj
	acc.	citaton	citatojn	cititon	cititojn	citoton	citotojn
adverbial active participle		citante		citinte		citonte
adverbial passive participle		citate		citite		citote
		infinitive	citi	imperative	citu	conditional	citus

Derived terms

• citado
• citaĵo
• citilo
• cito
• misciti

Italian

Verb

citi

1. inflection of citare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

citī

1. inflection of citus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

Pronoun

citi

1. nominative plural masculine of cits

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ceti, ciăti — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic читати (čitati), from Proto-Slavic *čitati (“speak aloud words written”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈti/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ci‧ti

Verb

a citi (third-person singular present citește, past participle citit) 4th conjugation

1. (ambitransitive) to read

   Lui Ion îi place să citească cărți.

   John likes to read books.

Conjugation

    conjugation of citi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a citi
gerund			citind
past participle			citit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	citesc	citești	citește	citim	citiți	citesc
	imperfect	citeam	citeai	citea	citeam	citeați	citeau
	simple perfect	citii	citiși	citi	citirăm	citirăți	citiră
	pluperfect	citisem	citiseși	citise	citiserăm	citiserăți	citiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să citesc	să citești	să citească	să citim	să citiți	să citească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		citește			citiți
	negative		nu citi			nu citiți

Derived terms

• citire
• citit
• cititor

Further reading

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