noun, feminine/si.te/plural: cités
city; citizenship; a fortified city, city-state, or historic city centre specifically; a municipality with city rather than town status; housing estate
“obtenir la cité” — to obtain citizenship
Synonyms: ville, citoyenneté
Inherited from Middle French cité, from Old French citet, from older ciptet, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”).