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{{also|cite|citë|cítě}}
==Champenois==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|roa-cha|fro|citet}}, {{inh|roa-cha|la|cīvitās}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{IPA|roa-cha|/si.te/}}

===Noun===
{{head|roa-cha|noun|g=f|plural|cités}}

# {{lb|roa-cha|Troyen}} [[city]]

===References===
* {{R:roa-cha:Daunay}}
* {{R:roa-cha:Baudouin}}

==French==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|frm|cité}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|citet}}, from {{inh|fr|LL.|civitas|cīvitātem|t=city}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-cité.ogg}}
* {{homophones|fr|citer|citée|citées|cités|citez}}
* {{hyph|fr|ci|te}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}

# [[city]]
#: {{syn|fr|ville}}
# [[citizenship]]
#: {{syn|fr|citoyenneté}}
#: {{coi|fr|obtenir la '''cité'''|to obtain '''citizenship'''}}
# a fortified city, city-state, or historic city centre specifically
#: {{uxi|fr|la '''Cité''' des Papes|the '''city''' of popes (Avignon)}}
# {{lb|fr|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 {{m|fr|ville}}.

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fr|avoir droit de cité|cité universitaire|citoyen
|téci}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|fr|citadelle|citadin|civil}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nl|cité|bor=1}}
* {{desc|tr|site|bor=1}}

===Participle===
{{fr-past participle}}

# {{past participle of|fr|citer}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fr|sus-cité}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Middle French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|frm|fro|cité}}.

===Noun===
{{frm-noun|f|citez}}

# [[city]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fr|cité}}

==Old French==

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|f}}

# {{altform|fro|citet}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|citar}}