ceder

See also: céder and cedër

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English cede

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English ceder

From cede + -er.

Noun

ceder (plural ceders)

1. One who cedes something.

Etymology 2

Noun

ceder (plural ceders)

1. Obsolete spelling of cedar.

Anagrams

• Creed, cered, creed, rec'ed

Dutch

Libanonceder
cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani subsp. libani)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ceder, from Old Dutch *ceder, from Proto-West Germanic *cedru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ce‧der
• Rhymes: -eːdər

Noun

ceder m (plural ceders or cederen, diminutive cedertje n)

1. cedar, tree of the genus Cedrus
   • 1863, Jan de Liefde, De mensch en de dieren. Een leesboek voor scholen en huisgezinnen., part 2, vol. 1, publ. by H. Höveke, page 106.

     Het hout daartoe namen zij van de cederen des Libanons, en met die schepen doorkruisten zij de gansche Middellandsche zee […]

     The wood for those they took from the cedars of the Lebanon, and with those ships they sailed across the entire Mediterranean Sea […]

   Synonym: cederboom

2. (Suriname) Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata)

Derived terms

• cederappel
• cederbalsem
• cederboom
• cederbos
• cederen
• cederhars
• cederhout
• cederkamfer
• cederolie
• cederpestvogel
• cederwijn
• cederwoud

Descendants

• Afrikaans: seder
• → Sranan Tongo: sedre, redisedre
  • → Aukan: sédé
  • → Saramaccan: sedu

Further reading

• ceder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Middle English

Noun

ceder

1. alternative form of cedre

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċedar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *cedru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.der/
• Rhymes: -e.der

Noun

ċeder f

1. the cedar tree

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċeder	ċedra, ċedre
accusative	ċedre	ċedra, ċedre
genitive	ċedre	ċedra
dative	ċedre	ċedrum

Derived terms

• ċederbēam
• ċedertrēow
• ċedrisċ

Descendants

• Middle English: cedre (attested 1175 as cedrus (plural); merged with Old French cedre)
  • English: cedar
  • Scots: ceder, cedir

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “CEDER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cēdere.

Verb

ceder

1. to concede (give up, renounce)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of ceder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ceder			avoir cedé
gerund		en cedant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cedant
past participle		cedé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cet	cedes	cede	cedons	cedez	cedent
	imperfect	cedoie, cedeie, cedoe, cedeve	cedoies, cedeies, cedoes, cedeves	cedoit, cedeit, cedot, cedeve	cediiens, cediens	cediiez, cediez	cedoient, cedeient, cedoent, cedevent
	preterite	cedai	cedas	ceda	cedames	cedastes	cederent
	future	cederai	cederas	cedera	cederons	cederoiz, cedereiz, cederez	cederont
	conditional	cederoie, cedereie	cederoies, cedereies	cederoit, cedereit	cederiiens, cederiens	cederiiez, cederiez	cederoient, cedereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cet	cez	cet	cedons	cedez	cedent
	imperfect	cedasse	cedasses	cedast	cedissons, cedissiens	cedissoiz, cedissez, cedissiez	cedassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cede	—	cedons	cedez	—

Descendants

• → English: cede (now rare)
• French: céder

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cēdere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈde(ʁ)/ [seˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈde(ʁ)/ [seˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seˈde(ʁ)/ [seˈde(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /seˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈdeɾ/ [sɨˈðeɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈdeɾ/ [sɨˈðeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈde.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ce‧der

Verb

ceder (first-person singular present cedo, first-person singular preterite cedi, past participle cedido)

1. (transitive) to cede, to give up, to give away, to hand over, to give (one's own property or rights to others)

   A equipa vencedora cedeu o prémio em dinheiro ao orfanato. ― The winning team ceded the prize money to the orphanage.

2. (transitive) to lend

   Synonym: emprestar

   Vou ceder a minha casa por uma semana. ― I will lend my house by one week.

3. (intransitive) to decide in favor (against one's own previous decision or after doubt) [with a ‘of a request’]

   Não queria sair hoje, mas cedi ao pedido dela. ― I didn't want to get out today, but I decided in favour of her request.

4. (intransitive) to yield, to give in, to surrender (to an argument) (to be convinced after possibly long discussion)

   O teu pai cedeu finalmente, podes voltar mais tarde hoje. ― Your father finally gave in, you can come back later today.

5. (intransitive) to fall down, to collapse

   A casa era realmente velha; quando a olhámos mais de perto, a parede cedeu. ― The house was really old; when we looked closer, the wall fell down.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ceder (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ceder
Personal	ceder	cederes	ceder	cedermos	cederdes	cederem
Gerund
	cedendo
Past participle
Masculine	cedido			cedidos
Feminine	cedida			cedidas
Indicative
Present	cedo	cedes	cede	cedemos	cedeis	cedem
Imperfect	cedia	cedias	cedia	cedíamos	cedíeis	cediam
Preterite	cedi	cedeste	cedeu	cedemos	cedestes	cederam
Pluperfect	cedera	cederas	cedera	cedêramos	cedêreis	cederam
Future	cederei	cederás	cederá	cederemos	cedereis	cederão
Conditional	cederia	cederias	cederia	cederíamos	cederíeis	cederiam
Subjunctive
Present	ceda	cedas	ceda	cedamos	cedais	cedam
Imperfect	cedesse	cedesses	cedesse	cedêssemos	cedêsseis	cedessem
Future	ceder	cederes	ceder	cedermos	cederdes	cederem
Imperative
Affirmative		cede	ceda	cedamos	cedei	cedam
Negative (não)		não cedas	não ceda	não cedamos	não cedais	não cedam

Further reading

• “ceder”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ceder”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “ceder” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ceder”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ceder”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “ceder”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cēdere. Compare English cede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈdeɾ/ [θeˈð̞eɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈdeɾ/ [seˈð̞eɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧der

Verb

ceder (first-person singular present cedo, first-person singular preterite cedí, past participle cedido)

1. (transitive) to cede, to hand over, to convey

   ceder el paso ― to give way

2. (transitive) to transfer, to yield
3. (intransitive) to relinquish, to abandon, to leave, to give in
4. (intransitive) to decrease, to lessen, to diminish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ceder (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ceder
gerund			cediendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cedido		cedida
		plural		cedidos		cedidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cedo	cedestú cedésvos	cede	cedemos	cedéis	ceden
	imperfect	cedía	cedías	cedía	cedíamos	cedíais	cedían
	preterite	cedí	cediste	cedió	cedimos	cedisteis	cedieron
	future	cederé	cederás	cederá	cederemos	cederéis	cederán
	conditional	cedería	cederías	cedería	cederíamos	cederíais	cederían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ceda	cedastú cedásvos2	ceda	cedamos	cedáis	cedan
	imperfect (ra)	cediera	cedieras	cediera	cediéramos	cedierais	cedieran
	imperfect (se)	cediese	cedieses	cediese	cediésemos	cedieseis	cediesen
	future1	cediere	cedieres	cediere	cediéremos	cediereis	cedieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cedetú cedévos	ceda	cedamos	ceded	cedan
	negative		no cedas	no ceda	no cedamos	no cedáis	no cedan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ceder

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ceder	dative	cederme	cederte	cederle, cederse	cedernos	cederos	cederles, cederse
	accusative	cederme	cederte	cederlo, cederla, cederse	cedernos	cederos	cederlos, cederlas, cederse
with gerund cediendo	dative	cediéndome	cediéndote	cediéndole, cediéndose	cediéndonos	cediéndoos	cediéndoles, cediéndose
	accusative	cediéndome	cediéndote	cediéndolo, cediéndola, cediéndose	cediéndonos	cediéndoos	cediéndolos, cediéndolas, cediéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cede	dative	cédeme	cédete	cédele	cédenos	not used	cédeles
	accusative	cédeme	cédete	cédelo, cédela	cédenos	not used	cédelos, cédelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cedé	dative	cedeme	cedete	cedele	cedenos	not used	cedeles
	accusative	cedeme	cedete	cedelo, cedela	cedenos	not used	cedelos, cedelas
with formal second-person singular imperative ceda	dative	cédame	not used	cédale, cédase	cédanos	not used	cédales
	accusative	cédame	not used	cédalo, cédala, cédase	cédanos	not used	cédalos, cédalas
with first-person plural imperative cedamos	dative	not used	cedámoste	cedámosle	cedámonos	cedámoos	cedámosles
	accusative	not used	cedámoste	cedámoslo, cedámosla	cedámonos	cedámoos	cedámoslos, cedámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ceded	dative	cededme	not used	cededle	cedednos	cedeos	cededles
	accusative	cededme	not used	cededlo, cededla	cedednos	cedeos	cededlos, cededlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cedan	dative	cédanme	not used	cédanle	cédannos	not used	cédanles, cédanse
	accusative	cédanme	not used	cédanlo, cédanla	cédannos	not used	cédanlos, cédanlas, cédanse

Derived terms

• ceder el paso

Further reading

• “ceder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

ceder c

1. cedar (tree)
2. cedar (wood)

Declension

Declension of ceder

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ceder	ceders
	definite	cedern	cederns
plural	indefinite	cedrar	cedrars
	definite	cedrarna	cedrarnas

Derived terms

• cederträ (“cedarwood”)

References

• “ceder”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ceder”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ceder”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)