HTML cite Tag –

CPlus365 November 17, 2025

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HTML <cite> tag specifies a citation, it provides reference or title to a creative work, quoted content, books, websites, a research paper, a blog-spot, painting, etc.

The main purpose of adding <cite> element is to provide or identify the source of the quote or any content.

The content written between <cite> tag renders in the italic form on the browser, and it can be overridden using CSS in your HTML document.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the <cite> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both start and End tag
Usage	textual

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html><br />
<html><br />
<head><br />
	<title>Cite Tag</title><br />
 </head><br />
 <body><br />
 	<h2>Example of cite tag</h2><br />
	<img src=” height=”150″ width=”120″><br />
              <p>A famous book:<br />
                <cite> Learning Web Design</cite> written by Jennifer Niederst Robbins<br />
              </p><br />
 </body><br />
</html><br />

Output:

HTML cite tag