cisterna

See also: cisternă

English

Noun

cisterna (plural cisternae)

  1. (biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternes)

  1. cistern
  2. tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪstɛrna]

Noun

cisterna f

  1. tank (closed container)

See also

Further reading

  • cisterna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • cisterna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Alternative forms

  • cistrena

Etymology

From Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, box).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θisˈtɛɾna̝/

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

  1. cistern
    • 1395, Miguel González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:
      Outrosy mandamos que o dicto Martin Bezerra et sua moller nen sua voz nen outro algun non posan fazer poço nen sacar agoa nen fazer algibe nen çistrenna nen otra cousa semellante para teer agoa por maneyra de bastimento dentro en a dicta casa noua nen arredor dela trijnta couedos.
      Also, we command that neither the aforementioned Martin Becerra, nor his wife, nor their successors, nor anyone, could make a well, or extract water, or make a reservoir, or a cistern, or any other such thing for having water as an utility inside the mentioned new house, nor arround it for thirty cubits
    Synonym: alxibe

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References

  • cisterna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • cistrena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • cisterna” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cisterna” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisterne)

  1. tank (for liquid)
  2. cistern

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Latin

Etymology

From cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, box).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kisˈter.na/, [kɪsˈtɛr.na]

Noun

cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension

  1. cistern, tank (for water)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cisterna cisternae
Genitive cisternae cisternārum
Dative cisternae cisternīs
Accusative cisternam cisternās
Ablative cisternā cisternīs
Vocative cisterna cisternae

Descendants

References

  • cisterna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cisterna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cisterna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

cisterna

Etymology

From Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, box), from Proto-Indo-European *kista (woven container).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /siʃ.ˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
  • Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

  1. cistern

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sǐsteːrna/
  • Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

Noun

cìstērna f (Cyrillic spelling цѝсте̄рна)

  1. cistern
  2. tank(er) lorry, tank truck

Declension

References

  • cisterna” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna[1].

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

  1. cistern

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