cera
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin cēra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθeɾa/, [ˈθe.ɾa]
Noun
cera f (plural ceres)
- wax
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cēra.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
Noun
cera f (plural ceres)
- wax
Derived terms
- cera d'abella
- cera de carnauba
- cera de les orelles
- cera perduda
- cerer
- cerós
- encerar
Related terms
- ceri
- cerífer
- cerilla
- cerot
- cerumen
- ciri
Further reading
- “cera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Fala
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cera (“wax”), from Latin cēra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθeɾa/
Noun
cera f (plural ceras)
- wax
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 80
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cera, from Latin cēra.
Noun
cera f (plural ceras)
- wax
Further reading
- “cera” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “cera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cera” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cēra (“wax”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ra/
- Rhymes: -era
- Hyphenation: cé‧ra
Noun
cera f (plural cere)
- wax
- complexion
Derived terms
- cera bianca
- cera d'api (“beeswax”)
- cera da scarpe
- cera di carnauba
- cera di lignite
- cera giapponese
- ceralacca
- cera molle
- cera persa
- cera vegetale
- cera vergine
- ceroso (“waxy”)
References
- cera in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- cera in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- cera in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- cera in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- Arce, acre, care, crea, reca
Latin
Etymology 1
A foreign loan from a substrate language, cognate with Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós) and Albanian qiri,[1] and possibly also with Lithuanian korys and Latvian kāre.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.ra/, [ˈkeːrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ra/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrä]
Noun
cēra f (genitive cērae); first declension
- wax, beeswax, honeycomb
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.747-748:
- audit in exēsa strīdōrem exāminis ulmō,
aspicit et cērās dissimulatque senex- [Silenus] hears the buzzing of a swarm in a hollowed-out elm tree,
and the old man can see the honeycombs, yet he dissimulates [pretends as if he has found nothing].
(Ovid's word play relates the ‘‘exesus’’ – the tree's ‘‘having been consumed’’ – with the ‘‘examen’’ or swarm, which Silenus mistakenly assumes are bees; instead, moments later when he looks inside the tree he is attacked by hornets.)
- [Silenus] hears the buzzing of a swarm in a hollowed-out elm tree,
- audit in exēsa strīdōrem exāminis ulmō,
- a wax seal
- a wax image
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cēra | cērae |
Genitive | cērae | cērārum |
Dative | cērae | cērīs |
Accusative | cēram | cērās |
Ablative | cērā | cērīs |
Vocative | cēra | cērae |
Derived terms
- cērārius
- cērātum
- cēreus
- cērificō
- cērō
- cēroferārius
- cērōsus
- cērula
- prīmicērius
- secundicērius
Descendants
- Aromanian: tsearã, tsiare
- Asturian: cera
- → Proto-Brythonic: *kuɨr
- Breton: koar
- Welsh: cwyr
- Catalan: cera
- Dalmatian: caira
- English: cere
- French: cire
- Friulian: cere
- Galician: cera
- → Old Irish: céir
- Irish: céir
- Scottish Gaelic: cèir
- Italian: cera
- Norman: chithe (Jersey)
- Occitan: cera
- Piedmontese: sira
- Portuguese: cera
- Romanian: ceară
- Romansch: tschaira, tschera, tscheira
- Sardinian: chera, cera, cera
- Sicilian: cira
- Spanish: cera
- Venetian: sera, siera, çera, zhera
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.raː/, [ˈkeːräː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ra/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrä]
Verb
cērā
- second-person singular present active imperative of cērō
References
- “cera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “cera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Mallory, Douglas, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture
- Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “κηρός”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, pages 526–527
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin cēra.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Noun
cera f (plural ceras)
- wax
Polish
Etymology
From cyra, from German Zier, from Middle High German ziere, from Old High German ziari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛra
- Syllabification: ce‧ra
Noun
cera f
- complexion
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | cera | cery |
genitive | cery | cer |
dative | cerze | cerom |
accusative | cerę | cery |
instrumental | cerą | cerami |
locative | cerze | cerach |
vocative | cero | cery |
Further reading
- cera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cera (“wax”), from Latin cēra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -eɾɐ
- Hyphenation: ce‧ra
Noun
cera f (plural ceras)
- wax (oily, water-resistant substance)
- earwax, cerumen
Related terms
- cerume
Silesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech céra, dcera, from Old Czech dci, from Proto-Slavic *dъ̏ťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
Noun
cera f
- daughter
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cēra (“wax”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾa/ [ˈθe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɾa/ [ˈse.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ce‧ra
Noun
cera f (plural ceras)
- wax
- (Spain) crayon
- Synonyms: (Colombia, Venezuela, Canary Islands) creyón, (Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay) crayón, (Cuba, Mexico, Peru) crayola, (Spain) lápiz de cera
Derived terms
- blanco como la cera
Related terms
- cerilla
- cerillo
- ceroso
- cerumen
- encerar
Further reading
- “cera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- acre, arce, crea, caer