# cisterna
## English
### Etymology

From Latin cisterna.

### Noun

cisterna (plural cisternae)
* (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
### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

### Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternes)
* cistern
* tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)

### Further reading

* “cisterna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɪstɛrna]

### Noun

cisterna f
* tank (closed container)

#### 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: /θisˈtɛɾna/ [θis̺ˈt̪ɛɾ.nɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /θisˈtɛɾna/ [θis̺ˈt̪ɛɾ.nɐ]
* IPA: (seseo) /sisˈtɛɾna/ [sisˈt̪ɛɾ.nɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾna
* Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

### Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)
* 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:(file)

### Noun

cisterna f (plural cisterne)
* tank (for liquid)
* cistern

### Anagrams

* Canestri, canestri, crestina, scarnite, scartine

## Latin
### Etymology

From cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (“woven container”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kisˈter.na/, [kɪs̠ˈt̪ɛrnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /t͡ʃisˈter.na/, [t͡ʃisˈt̪ɛrnä]

### Noun

cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension
* cistern, tank (for water), reservoir
** 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.5.15:bibe aquam dē cisternā tuā et fluenta puteī tuīDrink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: cisterna
* Dalmatian: cistierna
* English: cistern
* French: citerne
* Friulian: cistierne
* Galician: cisterna
* German: Zisterne
* Istriot: zustierna
* Italian: cisterna
* Portuguese: cisterna
* Romanian: cisternă
* Russian: цисте́рна (cistérna)
* Sardinian: chisterra, cisterra
* Sicilian: jisterna, sterna
* Spanish: cisterna

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίστη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 705
* “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

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sisˈteɾna/

### Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)
* cistern, well
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:vino ruben ala ciſterna. E nõ ẏuẏo aioſeph. e rõpio ſos ueſtidos cõ peſar q̃ ouo. E dẏxo nõ ẏes. yo do ẏre.Reuben came to the cistern and did not see Joseph there, and he tore his clothes over the sorrow he felt, and he said, “He is not there! Where shall I go?”

#### Synonyms

* (well): pozo m

#### Descendants

* Spanish: cisterna

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (“woven container”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sisˈtɛʁ.nɐ/ [sisˈtɛɦ.nɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sisˈtɛʁ.nɐ/ [sisˈtɛɦ.nɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sisˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /siʃˈtɛʁ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sisˈtɛɻ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /siʃˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

### Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)
* cistern
    Synonyms: (Portugal) algibe, (Brazil) aljibe

#### Derived terms

* camião-cisterna

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sǐsteːrna/
* Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

### Noun

cìstērna f (Cyrillic spelling цѝсте̄рна)
* cistern
* tank(er) lorry, tank truck

#### Declension
### References

* “cisterna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cisterna, from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box, chest”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θisˈteɾna/ [θisˈt̪eɾ.na]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /sisˈteɾna/ [sisˈt̪eɾ.na]
* Rhymes: -eɾna
* Syllabification: cis‧ter‧na

### Noun

cisterna f (plural cisternas)
* cistern
    Synonyms: aljibe, pozo

#### Derived terms

* avión cisterna
* buque cisterna
* camión cisterna

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cisterna”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “cisterna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10