Meanings
verbquote (third-person singular simple present quotes, present participle quoting, simple past and past participle quoted)
present singular third person quotes · participle present quoting · participle past quoted · past quoted
- transitiveTo repeat (the exact words of a person).
The writer quoted the president's speech.
Synonyms: cite
- transitivebusinessTo name the current price, notably of a financial security.
- intransitiveTo indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
- archaicTo observe, to take account of.
But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?
1598, John Marston, “Satyre IV”, in The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image, and Certaine Satyres (poem)2 more examples
That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …
1600, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 2, scene 1I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirth For me to quote his passions and his smiles, His amorous haviour, …
1606, John Day, The Isle of Gulls - transitivecomputingTo mark an S-expression argument for self-evaluation by the interpreter in Lisp.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo repeat (the exact words of a person).
Similar
particleUsed in speech to indicate the start of a quotation.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nouna punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
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Broader
nouna passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷó-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
- Proto-Italic*kʷot
- Latinquot
- Latinquotus
- Medieval Latinquotāre
- Old Frenchcoter
- Middle Englishquoten
- Englishquote
From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِقْتِبَاس, اِسْتِشْهَاد
- اِقْتِبَاس (iqtibās)a statement attributed to someone
- اِسْتِشْهَاد (istišhād)a statement attributed to someone
- عَلَامَة اِقْتِبَاسa quotation mark
- عَلَامَة تَنْصِيصa quotation mark
- سَعَر (saʕar)a summary of work to be done with a set price
- سِعْرُ ٱلْأَسْهُم (siʕru l-ʔashum)a price set for a financial security or commodity
- اِسْتَشْهَدَ (istašhada)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- اِقْتَبَسَ (iqtabasa)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Bulgarian цита́т, кави́чка
- цита́т (citát)a statement attributed to someone
- кави́чка (kavíčka)a quotation mark
- но́рма (nórma)a summary of work to be done with a set price
- котиро́вка (kotiróvka)a price set for a financial security or commodity
- норми́рам (normíram)to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- коти́рам (kotíram)to name the current price
- цити́рам (citíram)to indicate the start of a quotation
- цити́рам (citíram)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- but see цити́рам (citíram)used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
Catalan citació, citació
- citacióa statement attributed to someone
- citacióa quotation mark
Chinese Cantonese 引用, 引用
- 引用 (jan⁵ jung⁶)a statement attributed to someone
- 引用 (jan⁵ jung⁶)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- 摘引 (zaak⁶ jan⁵)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Chinese Mandarin 引用, 引語 /引语
- 引用 (yǐnyòng)a statement attributed to someone
- 引語 /引语 (yǐnyǔ)a statement attributed to someone
- 引文 (yǐnwén)a statement attributed to someone
- 引號 /引号 (yǐnhào)a quotation mark
- 『 /‘a quotation mark
- 』 /’a quotation mark
- 「 /“a quotation mark
- 」 /”a quotation mark
- 報價 /报价 (bàojià)to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- 開價 /开价 (kāijià)to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- 引用 (yǐnyòng)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- 摘引 (zhāiyǐn)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Czech citát, uvozovka
- citáta statement attributed to someone
- uvozovkaa quotation mark
- kótovatto name the current price
- kotovatto name the current price
- citovatto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- zacitovatto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Danish citat, citationstegn
- citata statement attributed to someone
- citationstegna quotation mark
- citereto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Dutch citaat, tekstaanhaling
- citaata statement attributed to someone
- tekstaanhalinga statement attributed to someone
- aanhalinga statement attributed to someone
- aanhalingstekena quotation mark
- besteka summary of work to be done with a set price
- offertea summary of work to be done with a set price
- prijsoffertea summary of work to be done with a set price
- prijsopgavea summary of work to be done with a set price
- een bestek opmakento prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- eenofferte doen (prijs)to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- quoterento name the current price
- aanhalento refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- citerento refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Esperanto citaĵo, citilo
- citaĵoa statement attributed to someone
- citiloa quotation mark
- citito refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Estonian tsitaat, tsiteerimine
- tsitaata statement attributed to someone
- tsiteeriminea statement attributed to someone
- osundamato refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- tsiteerimato refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Finnish lainaus, sitaatti
- lainausa statement attributed to someone
- sitaattia statement attributed to someone
- lainausmerkkia quotation mark
- tarjousa summary of work to be done with a set price
- noteerausa price set for a financial security or commodity
- tarjotato prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- lainatato refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- siteeratato refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- lainausused in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
- sanatarkastiused in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
French citation, guillemet
- citationa statement attributed to someone
- guillemeta quotation mark
- devisa summary of work to be done with a set price
- cotationa summary of work to be done with a set price
- deviserto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- coterto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- coterto name the current price
- ouvrir les guillemetsto indicate the start of a quotation
- citerto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
German Zitat, Anführungszeichen
- Zitata statement attributed to someone
- Anführungszeichena quotation mark
- Angebota summary of work to be done with a set price
- Preisangebot machento prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- anbietento prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- Preis angebento name the current price
- anführento indicate the start of a quotation
- bemerkento observe, to take account of
- berücksichtigento observe, to take account of
- zitierento refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- Zitatused in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
- ich zitiereused in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
Greek παράθεμα, παράθεση
- παράθεμα (paráthema)a statement attributed to someone
- παράθεση (paráthesi)a statement attributed to someone
- περικοπή (perikopí)a statement attributed to someone
- χωρίο (chorío)a statement attributed to someone
- εδάφιο (edáfio)a statement attributed to someone
- εισαγωγικό (eisagogikó)a quotation mark
- εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)a quotation mark
- προσφορά (prosforá)a summary of work to be done with a set price
- τιμή (timí)a summary of work to be done with a set price
- προσφέρω (prosféro)to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- μνημονεύω (mnimonévo)to observe, to take account of
- επικαλούμαι (epikaloúmai)to observe, to take account of
- παραθέτω (parathéto)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- αναφέρω (anaféro)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Hebrew ציטוט \ צִטּוּט, צִיטָטָה
- ציטוט \ צִטּוּט (tsitút)a statement attributed to someone
- צִיטָטָה (tsitata)a statement attributed to someone
- מוּבָאָה (muvah)a statement attributed to someone
- הצעת מחירa summary of work to be done with a set price
- ציטט \ צִטֵּט (tsitét)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Hindi उद्धरण
- उद्धरण (uddharaṇ)a statement attributed to someone
Hungarian idézet, árajánlatot ad/tesz
- idézeta statement attributed to someone
- árajánlatot ad/teszto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- idézto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Icelandic tilvitnun, gæsalappir
- tilvitnuna statement attributed to someone
- gæsalappira quotation mark
- tilvitnunarmerkia quotation mark
- vitna íto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Indonesian kutipan, sitasi
- kutipana statement attributed to someone
- sitasia statement attributed to someone
- sitata statement attributed to someone
- nukilana statement attributed to someone
- tanda petika quotation mark
- tanda kutipa quotation mark
- mengutipto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- nukilto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- menukilto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Irish luaigh
- luaighto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Italian citazione, virgolette
- citazionea statement attributed to someone
- virgolettea quotation mark
- preventivoa summary of work to be done with a set price
- aliquotaa price set for a financial security or commodity
- citareto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- riferireto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Japanese 引用, 「
- 引用 (in'yō)a statement attributed to someone
- 「a quotation mark
- 」a quotation mark
- 鉤括弧 (kagikakko)a quotation mark
- 『a quotation mark
- 』a quotation mark
- 二重鉤括弧 (nijūkagikakko)a quotation mark
- 二重引用符 (nijū in'yōfu)a quotation mark
- 引用する (in'yō suru)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- 曰く (iwaku)used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
Korean 인용, 따옴표
- 인용 (inyong)a statement attributed to someone
- 따옴표 (ttaompyo)a quotation mark
- 인용하다 (inyonghada)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- -이라고 (-irago)used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
- -라고 (-rago)used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
- -라는 (-raneun)used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
Latvian citāts, citēt
- citātsa statement attributed to someone
- citētto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Lithuanian citata, cituoti
- citataa statement attributed to someone
- cituotito refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Malay petikan, memetik kata
- petikana statement attributed to someone
- memetik katato refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Māori takitaki
- takitakito refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Norwegian Bokmål sitat, anførselstegn
- sitata statement attributed to someone
- anførselstegna quotation mark
- hermetegna quotation mark
- sitereto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Persian نقلقول کردن, واگفتن
- نقلقول کردن (naql-e-qowl kardan)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- واگفتن (vāgoftan)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Polish cytat, cudzysłów
- cytata statement attributed to someone
- cudzysłówa quotation mark
- wycenaa summary of work to be done with a set price
- kosztorysa summary of work to be done with a set price
- wyceniaćto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- cytowaćto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- zacytowaćto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Portuguese citação, aspa
- citaçãoa statement attributed to someone
- aspaa quotation mark
- orçamentoa summary of work to be done with a set price
- orçarto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- cotarto name the current price
- citarto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Romanian citat, a cita
- citata statement attributed to someone
- a citato refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Russian цита́та, кавы́чка
- цита́та (citáta)a statement attributed to someone
- кавы́чка (kavýčka)a quotation mark
- кавы́чки (kavýčki)a quotation mark
- «a quotation mark
- »a quotation mark
- предложе́ние цены́ (predložénije cený)a summary of work to be done with a set price
- назна́ченная цена́ (naznáčennaja cená)a summary of work to be done with a set price
- котиро́вка (kotiróvka)a summary of work to be done with a set price
- котиро́вка (kotiróvka)a price set for a financial security or commodity
- дава́ть расце́нку (davátʹ rascénku)to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- назнача́ть це́ну (naznačátʹ cénu)to name the current price
- дава́ть расце́нку (davátʹ rascénku)to name the current price
- цитировать (citirovatʹ)to indicate the start of a quotation
- цити́ровать (citírovatʹ)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- процити́ровать (procitírovatʹ)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- ссыла́ться (ssylátʹsja)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Scottish Gaelic às-aithris
- às-aithrisa statement attributed to someone
Slovak citát, úvodzovka
- citáta statement attributed to someone
- úvodzovkaa quotation mark
- citovaťto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- zacitovaťto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Spanish cita, citación
- citaa statement attributed to someone
- citacióna statement attributed to someone
- entrecomilladoa statement attributed to someone
- comillasa quotation mark
- comillaa quotation mark
- presupuestoa summary of work to be done with a set price
- cotizacióna price set for a financial security or commodity
- cotizarto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- acotarto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- entrecomillarto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Swedish citat, citationstecken
- citata statement attributed to someone
- citationsteckena quotation mark
- anbuda summary of work to be done with a set price
- offerta summary of work to be done with a set price
- ge anbudto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- offererato prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- citerato refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Thai การอ้างอิง, อัญพจน์
- การอ้างอิง (gaan-âang-ing)a statement attributed to someone
- อัญพจน์ (an-yá-pót)a statement attributed to someone
- อ้างอิง (âang-ing)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Turkish alıntı, iktibas
- alıntıa statement attributed to someone
- iktibasa statement attributed to someone
- söza statement attributed to someone
- vecizea statement attributed to someone
- tırnaka quotation mark
- tırnak işaretia quotation mark
- fiyat teklif etmekto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- piyasa fiyatını bildirmekto prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
- fiyat söylemekto name the current price
- tırnak içine almakto indicate the start of a quotation
- belirtmekto observe, to take account of
- akılta tutmakto observe, to take account of
- dikkate almakto observe, to take account of
- göz önünde bulundurmakto observe, to take account of
- göz önüne almakto observe, to take account of
- hesaba katmakto observe, to take account of
- alıntı yapmakto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- alıntılamakto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Ukrainian цита́та, лапки́
- цита́та (cytáta)a statement attributed to someone
- лапки́ (lapký)a quotation mark
- цитува́ти (cytuváty)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- зацитува́ти (zacytuváty)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- процитува́ти (procytuváty)to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Urdu اِقْتِباس
- اِقْتِباس (iqtibās)a statement attributed to someone
Vietnamese đoạn trích dẫn, trích dẫn
- đoạn trích dẫna statement attributed to someone
- trích dẫnto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
- tríchto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Welsh dyfyniad, dyfynnu
- dyfyniada statement attributed to someone
- dyfynnuto refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with quote
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Anagrams
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