acer
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the genus name.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]acer (plural acers)
- A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
- 1842, The Gardener's Magazine, page 611:
- In the plantations to which we allude, there were also some American acers and the Norway maple, exhibiting dark reds and rich yellows.
References
[edit]- “acer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “acer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]acer (plural acers)
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]acer m (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “acer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “acer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”). The change from o-stem to i-stem declension is irregular and not fully explained. Likewise, Latin has irregular lengthening of the vowel. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros).[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- ācrus (late, proscribed)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaː.ker/, [ˈäːkɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃer/, [ˈäːt͡ʃer]
Adjective
[edit]ācer (feminine ācris, neuter ācre, comparative ācrior, superlative ācerrimus, adverb ācriter); third-declension three-termination adjective
- sharp, sour, bitter, pungent
- keen, sharp, acute, sagacious
- energetic, active, vigorous
- eager, zealous, spirited
- subtle
- severe, violent, cruel, hot
- penetrating, piercing
Declension
[edit]Third-declension three-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ācer | ācris | ācre | ācrēs | ācria | ||
Genitive | ācris | ācrium | |||||
Dative | ācrī | ācribus | |||||
Accusative | ācrem | ācre | ācrēs ācrīs |
ācria | |||
Ablative | ācrī | ācribus | |||||
Vocative | ācer | ācris | ācre | ācrēs | ācria |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit](See also acrus.)
- Ancient borrowings:
- Later borrowings:
Etymology 2
[edit]Same as Etymology 1, with reference to multi-pointed leaves.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ker/, [ˈäkɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃer/, [ˈäːt͡ʃer]
Noun
[edit]acer n (genitive aceris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acer | acera |
Genitive | aceris | acerum |
Dative | acerī | aceribus |
Accusative | acer | acera |
Ablative | acere | aceribus |
Vocative | acer | acera |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: auró
- Esperanto: acero
- French: érable
- Italian: acero
- Portuguese: ácer
- Romanian: arțar
- Spanish: ácere, arce
- Translingual: Acer
References
[edit]- “acer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “acer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
- the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “acer”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 94
- ^ http://starling.rinet.ru
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ak̂er-, ok̂er-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 20
Northern Kurdish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]acer (Arabic spelling ئاجەر)
- Alternative form of ecer
References
[edit]- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “acer”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 1
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See acier.
Noun
[edit]acer oblique singular, m (nominative singular acers)
- Alternative form of acier
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English aker.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈakɛr/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈakar/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈakɛr/
Noun
[edit]acer f (plural aceri)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
acer | unchanged | unchanged | hacer |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “acer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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