Caesar

See also Cæsar

English

Alternative forms

• Cæsar

Etymology

Latin, of unclear origin. Proposed etymologies include caesaries (hair) and caesai (elephant).

Pronunciation

• Latin IPA: /ˈkaisar/
• English (rhotic) IPA: /ˈsiːzər/
• English (non-rhotic) IPA: /ˈsiːzə/

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Caesar

1. An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Gaius Iulius Caesar
2. (figuratively) The government; society; earthly powers.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Matthew 22:21:

     Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Derived terms

• Bloody Caesar
• Caesar cipher
• Caesar salad
• caesarean, cesarean, caesarian, cesarian
• caesarean section, cesarean section, cesarian section
• Caesarism

Related terms

• czar, tsar, tzar
• kaiser

Translations

ancient Roman family name

• Afrikaans: Caesar (af)
• Arabic: قيصر (ar) (qáySar) m
• Armenian: Կեսար (hy) (Kesar)
• Belarusian: Цэзар (be) (Cézar) m
• Bulgarian: Цезар (bg) (Cézar) m
• Cherokee: ᏏᏌ (chr) (Sisa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愷撒 (cmn), 恺撒 (cmn) (Kǎisā), 凱撒 (cmn), 凯撒 (cmn) (Kǎisǎ)

• Czech: Caesar (cs) m
• Danish: Cæsar (da) m
• French: César (fr) m

  Middle French: Cæsar m

• German: Cäsar (de), Caesar (de), Zäsar (de) m, Kaiser (de) m
• Greek: Καίσαρας (el) (Kaísaras) m

  Ancient: Καίσαρ (Kaisar) m

• Hebrew: קיסר (he) (qeisar) m
• Hindi: सीज़र (hi) (sīzar) m
• Icelandic: Sesar (is) m
• Italian: Cesare (it) m
• Japanese: カエサル (ja) (Kaesaru), シーザー (ja) (Shīzā)

• Korean: 시저 (ko) (Sijeo)
• Latin: Cæsar (la) m
• Macedonian: Цезар (mk) (Cézar) m
• Marathi: सीजर (mr) (sīzar) m
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭩𐭮𐭫 (kēsar)
• Navajo: Síízar
• Persian: قیصر (fa) (Qaysar)
• Portuguese: César (pt) m
• Romanian: Cezar (ro)
• Russian: Цезарь (ru) (Cézar’) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цезар (sh) m

  Roman: Cezar (sh) m

• Spanish: César (es) m
• Thai: ซีซาร์ (th) (seesaa)
• Turkish: Sezar (tr)
• Ukrainian: Цезар (uk) (Cézar) m
• Urdu: سیزر (ur) (sīzar) m
• Vietnamese: Caesar (vi)

Noun

Caesar (plural Caesars)

1. A title of Roman emperors.
2. A Caesar salad.
3. (Canada) A cocktail made from clamato (clam-tomato juice), vodka, and often garnished with celery, a Bloody Caesar.

Translations

a title of Roman emperors

• Afrikaans: keiser (af), keisers (af) pl
• Greek: καίσαρας (el) (kaísaras) m
• Icelandic: keisari (is) m

• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭩𐭮𐭫 (kēsar)
• Polish: cezar (pl) m

Anagrams

• arecas

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Czech

Proper noun

Caesar m

1. Caesar (ancient Roman family name)