acer

See also Acer

English

Noun

acer (plural acers)

1. Obsolete spelling of acre.

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin aciale

Noun

acer m. (nominative singular acers)

1. steel

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin aciarium < Latin acies. Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Noun

acer m. (uncountable)

1. steel

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek akron (edge,end,sharp)

From Proto-Indo-European *aḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈaː.ker/

Adjective

ācer m., (feminine ācris, neuter ācre); third declension

1. sharp, bitter
2. keen, sagacious, hot

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	ācer	ācris	ācre		ācrēs	ācrēs	ācria
genitive	ācris	ācris	ācris		ācrium	ācrium	ācrium
dative	ācrī	ācrī	ācrī		ācribus	ācribus	ācribus
accusative	ācrem	ācrem	ācre		ācrēs	ācrēs	ācria
ablative	ācrī	ācrī	ācrī		ācribus	ācribus	ācribus
vocative	ācer	ācris	ācre		ācrēs	ācrēs	ācria

Derived terms

• ācrimōnia
• ācritās
• ācriter
• ācritūdō

Descendants

English: acrid French: aigre, âcre Italian: acre, agro Occitan: agre

Portuguese: azedo Romanian: acru Sicilian: agru Spanish: agre, agrio, agro

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈa.ker/

Noun

acer (genitive aceris); n, third declension

1. maple tree
2. accusative singular of acer
3. vocative singular of acer

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	acer	acera
genitive	aceris	acerum
dative	acerī	aceribus
accusative	acer	acera
ablative	acere	aceribus
vocative	acer	acera

Descendants

• French: érable
• Italian: acero
• Romanian: arțar
• Spanish: ácere, arce
• Translingual: Acer

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Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin *aciale.

Noun

acer m. (nominative singular acers)

1. Alternative form of acier.