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)
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | citer | citeren | citere citre |
citerne citrene |
genitive | citers | citerens | citeres citres |
citernes citrenes |
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 + Proto-Indo-European *-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).
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | citer | citra | citrum | citrī | citrae | citra | |
genitive | citrī | citrae | citrī | citrōrum | citrārum | citrōrum | |
dative | citrō | citrae | 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)