FromMiddle English quoten coten ( “ to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references ” ) , fromOld French coter Medieval Latin quotāre ( “ to distinguish by numbers, number chapters ” ) , itself fromLatin quotus ( “ which, what number (in sequence) ” ) , fromquot ( “ how many ” ) and related toquis ( “ 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 alsousage note , below.
quote (plural quotes
Astatement attributed to a person; aquotation .She loved readingquotes of famous people.
Aquotation mark . Asummary of work to be done with a set price; aquotation .After going over the heftyquotes , the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.
A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financialsecurity orcommodity ; aquotation .Hyponym: estimate Coordinate terms: order purchase order ( the buyer's complement ) Until the late 19th century,quote was exclusively used as a verb. Since then, it has been used as a shortened form of bothquotation andquotation mark ; seeetymology , above. This use as a noun is well understood and widely used, although it is often rejected in formal and academic contexts.[ 1]
a statement attributed to someone
Albanian:citat (sq) m Amharic:ጥቅሶች ( ṭəḳsoč ) Arabic:اِقْتِبَاس (ar) m ( iqtibās ) ,اِسْتِشْهَاد m ( istišhād ) Armenian:մեջբերում (hy) ( meǰberum ) ,ցիտատ (hy) ( cʻitat ) Azerbaijani:sitat Belarusian:цыта́та f ( cytáta ) Bulgarian:цита́т (bg) m ( citát ) Burmese:ချီးကျူးလွှာ (my) ( hkyi:kyu:hlwa ) ,အာဂမယုတ္တိ (my) ( aga.ma.yutti. ) Catalan:citació (ca) Chinese:Cantonese:引用 ( jan5 jung6 ) Hokkien:引用 (zh-min-nan) ( ín-iōng ) Mandarin:引用 (zh) ( yǐnyòng ) ,引用 (zh) ( yǐnyòng ) ,引語 / 引语 (zh) ( yǐnyǔ ) ,引文 (zh) ( yǐnwén ) Czech:citát (cs) m Danish:citat (da) n Dutch:citaat (nl) n tekstaanhaling aanhaling (nl) Esperanto:citaĵo Estonian:tsitaat tsiteerimine Finnish:lainaus (fi) ,sitaatti (fi) French:citation (fr) f Georgian:ციტატა ( ciṭaṭa ) German:Zitat (de) n Greek:παράθεμα (el) n ( paráthema ) ,παράθεση (el) f ( paráthesi ) ,περικοπή (el) f ( perikopí ) ,χωρίο (el) n ( chorío ) ,εδάφιο (el) n ( edáfio ) Hebrew:ציטוט \ צִטּוּט (he) m ( tsitút ) ,צִיטָטָה f ( tsitata ) ,מוּבָאָה f ( muvah ) Hindi:उद्धरण (hi) m ( uddharaṇ ) Hungarian:idézet (hu) Icelandic:tilvitnun (is) f Indonesian:kutipan (id) ,sitasi sitat (id) ,nukilan (id) Italian:citazione (it) f Japanese:引用 (ja) ( いんよう, in'yō ) Kazakh:цитата ( sitata ) ,дәйексөз (kk) ( däieksöz ) ( neologism ) Khmer:សេចក្តីដកស្រង់ ( sackdəy dɑɑk srɑng ) ,សម្រង់ (km) ( sɑmrɑng ) Korean:인용(引用) (ko) ( inyong ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:îqtibas (ku) Kyrgyz:цитата (ky) ( tsitata ) Lao:ການອ້າງອີງ ( kān ʼāng ʼīng ) Latvian:citāts m Lithuanian:citata (lt) f Macedonian:цита́т m ( citát ) Malay:petikan (ms) Malayalam:ഉദ്ധരണി (ml) ( uddharaṇi ) Mongolian:Cyrillic:эшлэл ( ešlel ) ,ишлэл (mn) ( išlel ) Norwegian:Bokmål:sitat (no) n Nynorsk:sitat n Pashto:اقتباس (ps) m ( eqtebās ) Persian:Iranian Persian:نَقْلِ قُول (fa) ( naġl-e ġowl ) ,اِقْتِباس (fa) ( eġtebâs ) ,واگویِه (fa) ( vâguye ) ,گُفْتاوَرْد (fa) ( goftâvard ) Polish:cytat (pl) m inan Portuguese:citação (pt) f Romanian:citat (ro) n Russian:цита́та (ru) f ( citáta ) Scottish Gaelic:às-aithris f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:цѝта̄т m на́вод m Roman:cìtāt (sh) m návod (sh) m Slovak:citát (sk) m Slovene:citat (sl) m Spanish:cita (es) f citación (es) f entrecomillado (es) m Swedish:citat (sv) n Tajik:иқтибос ( iqtibos ) ,гуфтовард ( guftovard ) Thai:การอ้างอิง (th) ( gaan-âang-ing ) ,อัญพจน์ ( an-yá-pót ) Turkish:alıntı (tr) ,iktibas (tr) ( literary/obsolescent ) ,söz (tr) ,vecize (tr) Turkmen:sitata Ukrainian:цита́та (uk) f ( cytáta ) Urdu:اِقْتِباس (ur) m ( iqtibās ) Uyghur:نەقىل ( neqil ) Uzbek:sitata (uz) Vietnamese:đoạn trích dẫn (vi) Welsh:dyfyniad (cy) m Yakut:сытаата ( sïtaata )
a quotation mark
Arabic:عَلَامَة اِقْتِبَاس f ( ʕalāma(t) iqtibās ) ,عَلَامَة تَنْصِيص f ( ʕalāma(t) tanṣīṣ ) Armenian:չակերտ (hy) ( čʻakert ) Belarusian:двуко́ссе n ( dvukóssje ) Bulgarian:кави́чка (bg) f ( kavíčka ) Catalan:citació (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:引號 / 引号 (zh) ( yǐnhào ) ,( symbols used in traditional Chinese only, not used in mainland China: ) 『 / ‘ (zh) ,』 / ’ (zh) ,「 / “ (zh) ,」 / ” (zh) Czech:uvozovka (cs) f Danish:citationstegn n Dutch:aanhalingsteken (nl) n Esperanto:citilo (eo) Finnish:lainausmerkki (fi) French:guillemet (fr) m Georgian:ბრჭყალები (ka) ( brč̣q̇alebi ) German:Anführungszeichen (de) n Greek:εισαγωγικό (el) n ( eisagogikó ) ,εισαγωγικά (el) n pl ( eisagogiká ) Icelandic:gæsalappir tilvitnunarmerki Indonesian:tanda petik (id) ,tanda kutip (id) Italian:virgolette f pl Japanese:( Japanese quotes: ) 「 (ja) ,」 (ja) ,鉤括弧 ( かぎかっこ, kagikakko ) ( single ) ,『 (ja) ,』 (ja) ,二重鉤括弧 ( にじゅうかぎかっこ, nijūkagikakko ) ( double ) ;( any quotes ) 二重引用符 ( にじゅういんようふ, nijū in'yōfu ) Korean:따옴표 (ko) ( ttaompyo ) Macedonian:наводник m ( navodnik ) Norwegian:Bokmål:anførselstegn (no) n hermetegn n Nynorsk:hermeteikn n Polish:cudzysłów (pl) m Portuguese:aspa (pt) f Russian:кавы́чка (ru) f ( kavýčka ) ,кавы́чки (ru) f pl ( kavýčki ) ,( usual Russian quotes: ) « (ru) ,» (ru) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:на́воднӣк m Roman:návodnīk m Slovak:úvodzovka f Slovene:narekovaj m Spanish:comillas (es) f pl comilla f Swedish:citationstecken (sv) n Turkish:tırnak (tr) ,tırnak işareti (tr) Ukrainian:лапки́ f pl ( lapký ) Zazaki:nengu (diq) c
a summary of work to be done with a set price
Arabic:سَعَر m ( saʕar ) Bulgarian:но́рма (bg) f ( nórma ) Dutch:bestek (nl) n offerte (nl) ,prijsofferte prijsopgave (nl) Finnish:tarjous (fi) French:devis (fr) m cotation (fr) f Galician:orzamento (gl) m Georgian:წინადადება ( c̣inadadeba ) ,კოტირება ( ḳoṭireba ) Greek:προσφορά (el) f ( prosforá ) ,τιμή (el) f ( timí ) Hebrew:הצעת מחיר f Italian:preventivo (it) m Polish:wycena (pl) f kosztorys (pl) m Portuguese:orçamento (pt) m Russian:предложе́ние цены́ n ( predložénije cený ) ,назна́ченная цена́ f ( naznáčennaja cená ) ,котиро́вка (ru) f ( kotiróvka ) ( finance ) Spanish:presupuesto (es) m Swedish:anbud (sv) n offert (sv) c
a price set for a financial security or commodity
quote (third-person singular simple present quotes present participle quoting simple past and past participle quoted
( transitive ) The writerquoted the president's speech.
( transitive ) prepare asummary of work to be done and set aprice ; toestimate .Can you believe theyquoted me $5,000?
( commerce , transitive ) name the current price, notably of a financial security.( intransitive ) indicate verbally or byequivalent means the start of aquotation .( archaic ) 1598 John Marston , “Satyre IV”, inThe Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image, and Certaine Satyres (poem):But must our moderneCritticks envious eyequote some grosse deformity?
1600 Hamlet , act 2, scene 1:That hath made him mad.quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …
1606 John Day ,The Isle of Gulls I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirthquote his passions and his smiles,
to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
Albanian:citoj (sq) Arabic:اِسْتَشْهَدَ ( istašhada ) ,اِقْتَبَسَ ( iqtabasa ) Armenian:մեջբերել (hy) ( meǰberel ) ,ցիտել (hy) ( cʻitel ) Belarusian:цытава́ць impf ( cytavácʹ ) ,зацытава́ць pf ( zacytavácʹ ) Bulgarian:цити́рам (bg) impf or pf ( citíram ) Burmese:ကိုးကား (my) ( kui:ka: ) Chinese:Cantonese:引用 ( jan5 jung6 ) ,摘引 ( zaak6 jan5 ) Hokkien:引用 (zh-min-nan) ( ín-iōng ) Mandarin:引用 (zh) ( yǐnyòng ) ,摘引 (zh) ( zhāiyǐn ) Cornish:devynna ( Revived Middle Cornish ) ,devydna ( Revived Late Cornish ) Czech:citovat (cs) impf zacitovat pf Danish:citere Dutch:aanhalen (nl) ,citeren (nl) Esperanto:citi Estonian:osundama tsiteerima Finnish:lainata (fi) ,siteerata (fi) French:citer (fr) Georgian:ციტირება ( ciṭireba ) German:zitieren (de) Greek:παραθέτω (el) ( parathéto ) ,αναφέρω (el) ( anaféro ) Hebrew:ציטט \ צִטֵּט ( tsitét ) Hungarian:idéz (hu) Icelandic:vitna í Ido:citar (io) Indonesian:mengutip (id) ,nukil (id) ,menukil (id) Irish:luaigh Italian:citare (it) ,riferire (it) Japanese:引用する (ja) ( いんようする, in'yō suru ) Korean:인용하다 (ko) ( inyonghada ) Lao:ອ້າງອີງ ( ʼāng ʼīng ) Latvian:citēt Lithuanian:cituoti Macedonian:цити́ра impf or pf ( citíra ) Malay:memetik kata Maori:takitaki Norwegian:Bokmål:sitere Persian:نقلقول کردن ( naql-e-qowl kardan ) ,واگفتن (fa) ( vāgoftan ) Polish:cytować (pl) impf zacytować (pl) pf Portuguese:citar (pt) Romanian:a cita (ro) Russian:цити́ровать (ru) ( citírovatʹ ) ,процити́ровать (ru) pf ( procitírovatʹ ) ,ссыла́ться (ru) ( ssylátʹsja ) ,сосла́ться (ru) pf ( soslátʹsja ) ( + на + accusative case ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:цити́рати impf or pf Roman:citírati (sh) impf or pf Slovak:citovať impf zacitovať pf Slovene:citirati impf or pf Spanish:citar (es) ,acotar (es) ,entrecomillar (es) Swedish:citera (sv) Thai:อ้างอิง (th) ( âang-ing ) Turkish:alıntı yapmak (tr) ,alıntılamak (tr) ,iktibas etmek (tr) ( obsolescent ) Ukrainian:цитува́ти (uk) impf ( cytuváty ) ,зацитува́ти pf ( zacytuváty ) ,процитува́ти pf ( procytuváty ) Vietnamese:trích dẫn (vi) ,trích (vi) Welsh:dyfynnu (cy)
to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
to name the current price
to indicate the start of a quotation
to observe, to take account of
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Used inspeech toindicate thestart of aquotation .She told me she was,quote , "too hot for you."
used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
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inflection ofquoter first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative quote f
plural ofquota quote
vocative masculine singular ofquotus 
