cifra

cifra f (plural cifres)

1. number, figure

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cifra f

1. digit

• ciferník m

• šifra f

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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cifra in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

• 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”).

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

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

1. numeral, cipher
2. zero (symbol)
   • ca. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Arte Numerandi, in Rara Mathematica (1841), p.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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

• Hyphenation: ci‧fra

Acordes marcados com cifras (4).

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. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “cifra” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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) /ˈsifɾa/ [ˈsi.fɾa]
• Rhymes: -ifɾa
• Syllabification: ci‧fra

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

• cifrar

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014