"cetate" meaning in Romanian

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃeˈta.te/ Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-cetate.wav
Rhymes: -ate Etymology: Inherited from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”). Originally also having the sense of city; which was displaced by the Magyarism oraș. The two can been seen used interchangeably in old texts. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ro|la-lat|civitas|cīvitātem|city|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”), {{inh+|ro|la-lat|civitas|cīvitātem|city}} Inherited from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”) Head templates: {{ro-noun|f|cetăți}} cetate f (plural cetăți) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=cetăților|gpi=cetăți|gsd=cetății|gsi=cetăți|n=|npd=cetățile|npi=cetăți|nsd=cetatea|nsi=cetate|vp=cetăților|vs=cetate|vs2=cetateo}} Forms: cetăți [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cetate [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], cetatea [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], cetăți [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], cetățile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], cetăți [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], cetății [dative, definite, genitive, singular], cetăți [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], cetăților [dative, definite, genitive, plural], cetate [singular, vocative], cetateo [singular, vocative], cetăților [plural, vocative], четате [alternative]
  1. citadel, fortress Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cetate-ro-noun-1wfbvMuE Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 60 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 21 21 Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 82 9 9
  2. (walled) city Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cetate-ro-noun-EaYsI0Er
  3. (obsolete) city Tags: feminine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cetate-ro-noun-EaYsI0Er1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: citadelă, fortăreață Derived forms: Cetate, cetățean, cetățuie Related terms: civil

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Cetate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "form": "cetăți",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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        "singular"
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      ]
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      ]
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      "form": "четате",
      "roman": "cetate",
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      ]
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        "ce",
        "ta",
        "te"
      ]
    }
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        "n": "",
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        "npi": "cetăți",
        "nsd": "cetatea",
        "nsi": "cetate",
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        "vs": "cetate",
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    }
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    }
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        "(walled) city"
      ],
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        "(obsolete) city"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃeˈta.te/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ate"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "citadelă"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fortăreață"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Romanian feminine nouns",
    "Romanian lemmas",
    "Romanian nouns",
    "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
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    "Romanian terms inherited from Late Latin"
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "plural",
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    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "fortress",
          "fortress"
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      ]
    },
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        "feminine"
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        "(obsolete) city"
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    }
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    {
      "word": "citadelă"
    },
    {
      "word": "fortăreață"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cetate"
}

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