Cite in different languages

Cite in Different Languages

Discover 'Cite' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

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Afrikaans
aanhaal
Albanian
citoj
Amharic
ይጥቀሱ
Arabic
استشهد
Armenian
մեջբերել
Assamese
cite
Aymara
citar uñt’ayaña
Azerbaijani
istinad
Bambara
cite (fɔli) kɛ
Basque
aipatu
Belarusian
прывесці
Bengali
উদ্ধৃতি
Bhojpuri
हवाला देत बानी
Bosnian
citirati
Bulgarian
цитирам
Catalan
citar
Cebuano
gikutlo
Chinese (Simplified)
引用
Chinese (Traditional)
引用
Corsican
cità
Croatian
navoditi
Czech
uvést
Danish
citere
Dhivehi
ސައިޓް ކުރާށެވެ
Dogri
हवाला देना
Dutch
citeren
English
cite
Esperanto
citi
Estonian
tsiteerida
Ewe
yɔ nya tso eme
Filipino (Tagalog)
banggitin
Finnish
mainita
French
citer
Frisian
sitearje
Galician
citar
Georgian
ციტირება
German
zitieren
Greek
αναφέρω
Guarani
cita
Gujarati
ટાંકવું
Haitian Creole
site
Hausa
cite
Hawaiian
cite
Hebrew
לְצַטֵט
Hindi
अदालत में तलब करना
Hmong
npluas
Hungarian
idézni
Icelandic
vitna í
Igbo
kwuo
Ilocano
cite
Indonesian
mengutip
Irish
lua
Italian
citare
Japanese
引用
Javanese
ngutip
Kannada
ಉಲ್ಲೇಖ
Kazakh
дәйексөз
Khmer
ដកស្រង់
Kinyarwanda
cite
Konkani
उल्लेख करतात
Korean
인용하다
Krio
cite
Kurdish
gazîkirin
Kurdish (Sorani)
ئاماژە بە
Kyrgyz
шилтеме
Lao
ອ້າງ
Latin
civitate
Latvian
citēt
Lingala
citer
Lithuanian
citata
Luganda
cite
Luxembourgish
zitéieren
Macedonian
цитираат
Maithili
हवाला देब
Malagasy
manonona
Malay
memetik
Malayalam
ഉദ്ധരിക്കുക
Maltese
jikkwotaw
Maori
whakahua
Marathi
उद्धरण
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯁꯥꯏꯠ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫
Mizo
cite rawh
Mongolian
иш тат
Myanmar (Burmese)
ကိုးကား
Nepali
cite
Norwegian
sitere
Nyanja (Chichewa)
tchulani
Odia (Oriya)
ଉଦ୍ଧୃତ
Oromo
caqasuu
Pashto
حواله
Persian
استناد کردن
Polish
cytować
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
citar
Punjabi
ਹਵਾਲਾ
Quechua
cita
Romanian
cita
Russian
цитировать
Samoan
taʻu atu
Sanskrit
उद्धृत्य
Scots Gaelic
luaidh
Sepedi
tsopola
Serbian
цитирати
Sesotho
qotsa
Shona
cite
Sindhi
حوالو ڏيو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
උපුටා දක්වන්න
Slovak
citovať
Slovenian
citirati
Somali
sheeg
Spanish
citar
Sundanese
nyebatkeun
Swahili
taja
Swedish
citera
Tagalog (Filipino)
banggitin
Tajik
истинод
Tamil
மேற்கோள்
Tatar
китерегез
Telugu
ఉదహరించండి
Thai
อ้าง
Tigrinya
ጠቐሱ
Tsonga
tshaha
Turkish
anmak
Turkmen
getiriň
Twi (Akan)
fa asɛm ka
Ukrainian
цитувати
Urdu
حوالہ
Uyghur
cite
Uzbek
keltirish
Vietnamese
trích dẫn
Welsh
dyfynnu
Xhosa
khankanya
Yiddish
ציטירן
Yoruba
sọ
Zulu
caphuna

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word “aanhaal” is derived from the Middle Dutch word “aenhalen,” meaning "to quote" or "to mention."
AlbanianThe Albanian word "citoj" is derived from the Latin word "cito", meaning "to summon" or "to call upon".
AmharicThe Amharic word "ይጥቀሱ" can also mean "to mention" or "to refer to".
Arabicاستشهد also means "to die as a martyr" in Arabic, and carries the same religious connotations as "martyrdom" in English.
AzerbaijaniThe word "istinad" also means "to rely on" or "to base something on" in Azerbaijani.
BasqueThe Basque word “aipatu” also means “to quote,” “to mention,” “to name,” “to invoke, “to evoke,” “to summon,” and “to recall to mind”.
BelarusianThe verb "прыве́сцi" is a cognate of the Polish "przyprowadzić" and means to bring, lead, guide, or escort someone or something.
Bengaliউদ্ধৃতি can also mean a passage quoted or an extract, a quotation.
BosnianThe word "citirati" is derived from the Latin word "citare", which means "to summon" or "to call upon".
BulgarianThe Bulgarian verb "цитирам" (tsitiram) originally meant "to read", "to recite" or "to speak publicly".
CatalanThe Catalan word "citar" is also a noun, meaning "citation", "appointment", "summons", or "rendezvous" in English.
CebuanoThe term 'gikutlo' is also employed with the meaning of 'to refer to'.
Chinese (Simplified)"引用"源自拉丁语的"citare",引申为援引和使用已有材料的意思。
Chinese (Traditional)引用 (yǐnyòng) means to “to quote (source or text); to use; to apply or utilize” with 引用人 as “quotational person; reference to other author/speaker’s ideas in own written or spoken content”.
CorsicanUsed with the articles a or i in its plural form
Croatian"Navoditi" is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *navęsti "to bring to" and also means "to teach" in Croatian.
CzechUvést can also mean to put on or stage a show/performance.
DanishIn Danish, "citere" also means to recite from memory, like when reciting poetry or lyrics.
DutchIn Dutch, "citeren" can also mean "to quote" or "to refer to something as an authority."
EsperantoEsperanto's 'citi' derives from Latin 'citare', meaning 'to rouse', 'summon', or 'quote'.
EstonianIn Estonian, "tsiteerida" can also mean "to quote" or "to reference" something.
Finnish"Mainita" is a Finnish word which can also mean "to mention" or "to report".
FrenchThe French word "citer" has its origins in the Latin word "citare," meaning "to call upon" or "to summon."
FrisianThe Frisian word "sitearje" can also refer to the location or scene of an event.
GalicianIn Galician, "citar" can also mean "to call" or "to invite".
German"Zitieren" in German can also mean "to quote".
GreekThe verb "αναφέρω" in Greek can additionally mean "lift up" or "offer up".
GujaratiThe word "ટાંકવું" can also mean "to quote" or "to mention".
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole the verb "site" meaning "to locate" comes from the French "situer" while the noun "site" meaning "place" derives from the English "site".
HausaIn Hausa, the word "cite" can also refer to giving a blessing or praise.
HawaiianIn Hawaiian, the word "cite" can also mean "to call upon" or "to summon."
HebrewThe Hebrew verb לצטט (late) can also mean "to peek" or "to spy on."
HindiThe word "cite" can also mean to summon someone to court.
HmongThe word "npluas" can also mean "to accuse" or "to criticize".
HungarianIdézni's other meaning is 'to remember', and it originates from the Turkish word 'id'.
IcelandicThe word "vitna í" derives from Old Norse "vita," which originally meant "to know" or "to be aware".
IgboIn the Umuahia dialect of Igbo, kwuo also means to utter an incantation to protect oneself.
IndonesianAlthough 'mengutip' primarily means 'to cite', it also carries the meanings of 'to gather, collect, or pluck'.
Irish"Lua" in Irish also means "moon" or "lunacy".
ItalianIn Italian, "citare" can also mean "to summon" or "to quote from a text".
JapaneseThe word "引用" can also mean "quote" or "quotation".
JavaneseThe Javanese word "ngutip" can also mean "to quote"}
KannadaIn Kannada, "ಉಲ್ಲೇಖ" can also refer to "an account of something that exists".
KazakhIn Kazakh,
KhmerThe word "ដកស្រង់" also means "to pick out" or "to select" in Khmer.
KoreanThe verb "인용하다" can refer to quoting something, summoning someone to court, or citing a reason for something.
KurdishThe word "gazîkirin" can also mean "to quote" or "to bring up as evidence" in Kurdish.
KyrgyzNo results were found on the etymology or alternate meanings of "шилтеме" in Kyrgyz.
LaoThe word "ອ້າງ" can also mean "to refer to" or "to mention".
LatinFrom the Latin "civitas," meaning "city" or "citizenship," "cite" originally meant "to summon to a court or assembly."
LatvianThe Latvian word "citēt" not only means to "cite", but also can have the meaning of "to quote".
LithuanianIn Lithuanian, "citata" also means "to be quoted" or "to be cited".
MacedonianAlso used to reference a quote taken from a source.
MalagasyThe word "manonona" in Malagasy can also mean "to indicate" or "to show" something.
MalayThe term 'memetik' comes from the Greek word 'mimesis', meaning "imitation".
MalteseThe Maltese word "jikkwotaw" is derived from the Italian word "citare" and can also mean "to mention" or "to quote".
MaoriThe word 'whakahua' is also used to mean 'to announce', 'to proclaim', or 'to make known'.
MarathiIn Marathi, the word "उद्धरण" ("cite") can also refer to a quotation, a passage from a book, or an excerpt.
MongolianThe Mongolian word "иш тат" (cite) is thought to have derived from the Old Turkic word "it-ta," which means "to order" or "to command."
Myanmar (Burmese)The verb ကိုးကား (pronounced “ko-taw-da”) originally referred to the act of “inviting” or “summoning,” and only later came to mean “to cite” in the sense of referencing a source.
NepaliThe word "cite" can also mean "to quote" or "to mention as an example".
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "sitere" can also mean "to filter" or "to quote".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "tchulani" can also mean "to show", "to demonstrate", or "to exhibit"
PashtoThe Pashto word "حواله" can also mean "reference" or "authority"
PersianThe word "استناد کردن" is derived from Arabic, where the root "استند" means "to lean on" and "to base something on something else," and the prefix "است" indicates that the action is being done again.
PolishThe Polish word 'cytować' also means to quote or to summon someone to court.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)In Portuguese, "citar" can also mean to name or appoint somebody to a position.
PunjabiThe word "ਹਵਾਲਾ" is also used in the sense of a "reference" or "authority".
RomanianIn Romanian, "cita" can also mean "to read out loud"
Russian"Цитировать" can mean "quote" in English, but it's also closely associated with providing evidence and sources of information.
SamoanThe word "ta\'u atu" in Samoan is cognate with "ta\u2019u" in Tongan and Tokelauan, and "tatau" in Tuvaluan, all of which mean "to strike" or "to hit"
Scots GaelicLuidh's origin is unclear, but it may come from the Old Norse verb
SerbianThe Serbian word "цитирати" can also mean "to quote" or "to refer to"
SesothoQotsa (cite) may also mean 'quote'.
ShonaThe word "cite" also means "to mention as an authority or example" in Shona.
SlovakThe verb "citovať" in Slovak can also mean to summon to court, quote, or quote from a reference work.
Slovenian"Citirati" can also mean "to quote" in Slovenian.
SomaliSheeg also means 'to point out' or 'to indicate'.
SpanishCitar in Spanish can also mean
SundaneseNyebatkeun's other common meaning is to copy as in the act of copying data.
SwahiliThe word 'taja' in Swahili can also mean to 'mark' or 'draw a line' and is related to the Arabic word 'taaj' meaning 'crown'
SwedishThe word "citera" derives from the Latin "cito" meaning "to summon," and is also related to the Swedish word "kall" meaning "call".
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "banggitin" can also mean "to mention" or "to take note of".
TajikThe word "истинод" can also mean "proof", "evidence", or "basis".
TamilIn Tamil the word 'மேற்கோள்' can also mean quote, excerpt, or instance, especially from a famous text, or an authoritative saying.
TeluguThis word's alternate meaning is provide an example
ThaiAlthough "อ้าง" translates to "cite" in English, it also means "claim" and "allege" in Thai.
TurkishAnmak can also mean to remember or commemorate
UkrainianThe word "цитувати" is derived from the Latin word "citare", meaning "to call into court" or "to summon".
UrduThe word 'حوالہ' can also mean 'reference', 'quotation', 'proof', or 'evidence'.
UzbekThe Uzbek word "keltirish" can also mean "to bring" or "to submit."
VietnameseThe word "trích dẫn" comes from the Chinese word "chú dẫn", meaning "to quote" or "to make reference to".
WelshThe word 'dyfynnu' in Welsh can also mean to quote, mention, or refer to something.
XhosaThe Xhosa word "khankanya" also means "to mention" or "to refer to".
YiddishThe Yiddish word "ציטירן" (cite) means "to quote" or "to summon".
YorubaThe Yoruba word 'sọ' also means to 'tell', and is related to the word 'ọrọ', which means 'word' or 'speech'.
ZuluCaphuna is derived from the Xhosa verb khomfa ('to say') or khomba ('to point out').
EnglishThe word "cite" derives from the Latin word "citare," meaning to set in motion, call to a court, or raise a legal action.

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