cifra

cifra f (plural cifres)

1. number, figure

Inherited from Old Czech cifra, borrowed from German Ziffer, from Medieval Latin cifra (“numeral; zero symbol”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪfra]

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cifra f

1. digit

   Synonym: číslice

• “cifra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “cifra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “cifra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sifrɒ]

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• Hyphenation: cif‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

cifra (comparative cifrább, superlative legcifrább)

1. ornamented, gaudy
2. (figurative, colloquial) indecent, vulgar, dirty

• cifra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cifra in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/
• Rhymes: -ifra
• Hyphenation: cì‧fra

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.

cifra f (plural cifre)

1. figure, numeral
2. sum
3. code, cipher
4. (in the plural) initials, monogram

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cifra

1. inflection of cifrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Carfì, cafri, farci, farcì

• cifera
• ciphra

Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fra/, [ˈt͡ʃiːfrä]

cifra f (genitive cifrae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. numeral, cipher
2. zero (symbol)
   • c. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, “De Arte Numerandi”, in Rara Mathematica‎^[1], published 1841, page 3:

     Decima figura dicitur theta, vel circulus, vel cifra, vel figura nihili quia nihil significat, sed locum tenens dat aliis significare: nam sine cifra vel cifris purus non potest scribi articulus.

     The tenth symbol is called theta, or circle, or zero, or the null symbol, which indicates none, but, holding a place, gives a different meaning: for without a zero or zeroes, it is not possible to write the pure single word.

First-declension noun.

• English: cipher
• French: chiffre
• Friulian: cifre
• Hungarian: cifra
• Italian: cifra
• Piedmontese: cifra

• cifra in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

• Hyphenation: ci‧fra

 

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.

cifra f (plural cifras)

1. number
2. amount, figure
3. code, cipher
4. (music) number or letter that represents a chord

cifra

1. inflection of cifrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “cifra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cifra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from French chiffrer.

a cifra (third-person singular present cifrează, past participle cifrat) 1st conj.

1. to quantify
2. to cypher

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently "zero"; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sîfra/
• Hyphenation: cif‧ra

cȉfra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏фра)

1. digit
2. figure
3. number, numeral

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθifɾa/ [ˈθi.fɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsifɾa/ [ˈsi.fɾa]
• Rhymes: -ifɾa
• Syllabification: ci‧fra

Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently 'zero'; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century. Cognate with English cipher.

cifra f (plural cifras)

1. digit
2. number
3. amount
4. cipher; code

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cifra

1. inflection of cifrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “cifra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28