cité
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Etymology
Inherited from Old French citet, Latin cīvitās.
Pronunciation
Noun
cité f (plural cités)
- (Troyen) city
References
- Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
- Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French cité, from Old French citet, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cité f (plural cités)
- city
- Synonym: ville
- citizenship
- Synonym: citoyenneté
- obtenir la cité ― to obtain citizenship
- a fortified city, city-state, or historic city centre specifically
- la Cité des Papes ― the city of popes (Avignon)
- (historical, Canada) a municipality with city rather than town status
- housing estate
- 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
Related terms
Descendants
Participle
cité (feminine citée, masculine plural cités, feminine plural citées)
- past participle of citer
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
From Old French cité.
Noun
cité f (plural citez)
Descendants
- French: cité
Noun
cité oblique singular, f (oblique plural citez, nominative singular cité, nominative plural citez)
- Alternative form of citet
Verb
cité
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