cera

See also: Cera, ceră, c'era, and CERA

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cēra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθeɾa/, [ˈθe.ɾa]

Noun

cera f (plural ceres)

  1. wax

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cēra.

Pronunciation

Noun

cera f (plural ceres)

  1. wax

Derived terms

Further reading

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cera (wax), from Latin cēra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθeɾa/

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

  1. wax

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 80

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cera, from Latin cēra.

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

  1. 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)

  1. wax
  2. complexion

Derived terms

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

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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

Noun

cēra f (genitive cērae); first declension

  1. 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.)
  2. a wax seal
  3. 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
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

cērā

  1. 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
  1. Mallory, Douglas, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture
  2. 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

  • (file)

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

  1. wax

Polish

Etymology

From cyra, from German Zier, from Middle High German ziere, from Old High German ziari. See zieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: ce‧ra

Noun

cera f

  1. complexion

Declension

Further reading

  • cera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cera (wax), from Latin cēra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾɐ/

  • Rhymes: -eɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ce‧ra

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

  1. wax (oily, water-resistant substance)
  2. earwax, cerumen

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech céra, dcera.[1]

Noun

cera f

  1. daughter

References

  1. Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “cera”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 52

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cēra (wax).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾa/ [ˈθe.ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɾa/ [ˈse.ɾa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: ce‧ra

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

  1. wax
  2. (Spain) crayon
    Synonyms: (Colombia, Venezuela, Canary Islands) creyón, (Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay) crayón, (Cuba, Mexico, Peru) crayola, (Spain) lápiz de cera

Derived terms

Further reading

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