cisterna

See also: cisternă

English

Etymology

From Latin cisterna. Doublet of cistern.

Noun

cisterna (plural cisternae)

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

Derived terms

• cisterna chyli
• cisterna magna
• intercisternal
• terminal cisterna

Translations

membrane section comprising organelles

Dutch: cisterne (nl) f Finnish: sisterna Hungarian: golgi-zsákok pl, Golgi-zsák sg

Anagrams

• Certains, Cestrian, Cretians, anticers, canister, creatins, nacrites, scantier, tercians

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternes)

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

Further reading

• “cisterna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cisterna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cisterna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cisterna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

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cisterna

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪstɛrna]

Noun

cisterna f

1. tank (closed container)

Declension

Declension of cisterna (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	cisterna	cisterny
genitive	cisterny	cisteren
dative	cisterně	cisternám
accusative	cisternu	cisterny
vocative	cisterno	cisterny
locative	cisterně	cisternách
instrumental	cisternou	cisternami

See also

• nádrž
• jímka

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• cistrena

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θisˈtɛɾna/ [θis̺ˈt̪ɛɾ.nɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θisˈtɛɾna/ [θis̺ˈt̪ɛɾ.nɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sisˈtɛɾna/ [sisˈt̪ɛɾ.nɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛɾna
• Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

1. cistern

   Synonyms: alxibe, canfurna

   • 1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, 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 a utility inside the mentioned new house, nor around it for thirty cubits.

Derived terms

• camión cisterna

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “cisterna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cistrena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cisterna”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cisterna”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

cisterna f (plural cisterne)

1. tank (for liquid)
2. cistern

Anagrams

• Canestri, canestri, crestina, scarnite, scartine