citer (plural citers)
Borrowed from Latin cithara (or through another intermediate language), from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).
citer c (singular definite citeren, plural indefinite citere or citre)
See citere (“quote”).
citer or citér
From Middle Dutch cythaer, from Old Dutch cithara, borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).
citer f (plural citers, diminutive citertje n)
citer
infinitive | simple | citer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | citant /si.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cité /si.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cite /sit/ |
cites /sit/ |
cite /sit/ |
citons /si.tɔ̃/ |
citez /si.te/ |
citent /sit/ |
imperfect | citais /si.tɛ/ |
citais /si.tɛ/ |
citait /si.tɛ/ |
citions /si.tjɔ̃/ |
citiez /si.tje/ |
citaient /si.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | citai /si.te/ |
citas /si.ta/ |
cita /si.ta/ |
citâmes /si.tam/ |
citâtes /si.tat/ |
citèrent /si.tɛʁ/ | |
future | citerai /si.tʁe/ |
citeras /si.tʁa/ |
citera /si.tʁa/ |
citerons /si.tʁɔ̃/ |
citerez /si.tʁe/ |
citeront /si.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | citerais /si.tʁɛ/ |
citerais /si.tʁɛ/ |
citerait /si.tʁɛ/ |
citerions /si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
citeriez /si.tə.ʁje/ |
citeraient /si.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cite /sit/ |
cites /sit/ |
cite /sit/ |
citions /si.tjɔ̃/ |
citiez /si.tje/ |
citent /sit/ |
imperfect2 | citasse /si.tas/ |
citasses /si.tas/ |
citât /si.ta/ |
citassions /si.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
citassiez /si.ta.sje/ |
citassent /si.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cite /sit/ |
— | citons /si.tɔ̃/ |
citez /si.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
From cis + *-teros. Compare cēterus.
citer (feminine citra, neuter citrum, comparative citerior, superlative citimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
The positive is exceedingly rarely found in classical Latin, but the comparative citerior is rather common.
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | citer | citra | citrum | citrī | citrae | citra | |
Genitive | citrī | citrae | citrī | citrōrum | citrārum | citrōrum | |
Dative | citrō | citrō | citrīs | ||||
Accusative | citrum | citram | citrum | citrōs | citrās | citra | |
Ablative | citrō | citrā | citrō | citrīs | |||
Vocative | citer | citra | citrum | citrī | citrae | citra |
See the main entry.
citer
citer m (definite singular citeren, indefinite plural citere, definite plural citerne)
citer m (definite singular citeren, indefinite plural citerar, definite plural citerane)