Ceres

See also ceres, and Cérès

English

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Ceres astronomical symbol

Etymology

Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, akin to crēare (“to create”), crēscere (“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”). More at create.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪəriːz/

Proper noun

Ceres

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
2. (astronomy) A celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the largest asteroid and innermost dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 1 Ceres , ⚳

Derived terms

• cereal
• cerium
• Cererian

See also

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) dwarf planets of the Solar System; Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, Sedna ^{(Category: en:Dwarf planets)}
• (mythology): Ceres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): Ceres (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ceres (dwarf planet)

Translations

Roman goddess

• Cherokee: ᏎᎵᏏ (chr) (Selisi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻瑞斯 (cmn) (Kèruìsī)

• Esperanto: Cereso (eo)
• French: Cérès (fr) f
• German: Ceres (de) f
• Greek: Δήμητρα (el) (Dímitra) f

• Irish: Ceiréas (ga) f
• Japanese: ケレース (ja) (Kerēsu), セレス (ja) (Seresu),
• Khmer: សិរ្ស៍ (km) (sei)
• Korean: 케레스 (ko) (Kereseu)
• Latin: Cerēs (la) f
• Russian: Церера (ru) (Ceréra) f
• Swahili: Seresi (sw)

dwarf planet

• Arabic: سيريس (ar) (Sīrīs) f
• Cherokee: ᏎᎵᏏ (chr) (Selisi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穀神星 (cmn), 谷神星 (cmn) (Gǔshénxīng)

• Esperanto: Cereso (eo)
• French: Cérès (fr) f
• German: Ceres (de) m
• Greek: Δήμητρα (el) (Dímitra) f

• Irish: Ceiréas (ga) f
• Japanese: ケレス (ja) (Keresu), セレス (ja) (Seresu)
• Khmer: សិរស៍ (km) (sei)
• Korean: 세레스 (ko) (Sereseu)
• Latin: Cerēs (la) f
• Navajo: Séwes
• Russian: Церера (ru) (Ceréra) f
• Swahili: Seresi (sw)

Anagrams

• scree

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Irish

Proper noun

Ceres f

1. Ceres (dwarf planet)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Ceres	Cheres	gCeres
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”). More at create.

Proper noun

Cerēs (genitive Cereris); f, third declension

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.