cité

Signification

Noun

1. city
2. citizenship
3. a fortified city, city-state, or historic city centre specifically
4. a municipality with city rather than town status
5. housing estate
6. complex of buildings or district set aside for a specific purpose; campus

Verb

past participle of citer

Coupé comme

ci‧te

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/si.te/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle French cité, from Old French citet, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”).

Phrases

La mouche , pour rappeler le vieux mot déjà cité , n'avale pas un éléphant .

The fly, to recall the old word already mentioned, does not swallow an elephant.

Natif de la cité de Kaulon, il concourut pour Syracuse .

A native of the city of Kaulon, he competed for Syracuse.