"cifra" meaning in Latin

See cifra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃiːfrä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|ar|صِفْر||zero, empty, nothing}} Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cifra<1>}} cifra f (genitive cifrae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cifra<1>}} Forms: cifrae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cifra [nominative, singular], cifrae [nominative, plural], cifrae [genitive, singular], cifrārum [genitive, plural], cifrae [dative, singular], cifrīs [dative, plural], cifram [accusative, singular], cifrās [accusative, plural], cifrā [ablative, singular], cifrīs [ablative, plural], cifra [singular, vocative], cifrae [plural, vocative]
  1. numeral, cipher Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cifra-la-noun-Vdj~NML4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 64 36 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 66 34
  2. zero (symbol) Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cifra-la-noun-4feKo57v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cifera, ciphra

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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