cera

See also: ceră and c'era

Asturian

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Etymology

From Latin cēra.

Noun

cera f ‎(plural ceres)

1. wax

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin cēra ‎(“wax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃera/, [ˈt͡ʃeː.ra]
• Hyphenation: cé‧ra

Noun

cera f ‎(plural cere)

1. wax
2. complexion

Derived terms

Derived terms

cera d'api ‎(“beeswax”) cera bianca cera di carnauba cera giapponese ceralacca cera di lignite cera molle

cera per pavimenti ‎(“floor polish”) cera persa cera da scarpe cera vegetale cera vergine ceroso ‎(“waxy”)

Anagrams

• acre
• care
• crea
• reca

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Latin

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek κηρός ‎(kērós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.ra/

Noun

cēra f ‎(genitive cērae); first declension

1. wax, beeswax, honeycomb
2. a writing tablet covered with wax
3. a wax seal
4. a wax image

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cēra	cērae
genitive	cērae	cērārum
dative	cērae	cērīs
accusative	cēram	cērās
ablative	cērā	cērīs
vocative	cēra	cērae

Derived terms

• cērōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: tsearã
• Asturian: cera
• Catalan: cera
• Dalmatian: caira
• English: cere
• French: cire
• Friulian: cere
• Galician: cera
• Old Irish: céir
  • Irish: céir

• Italian: cera
• Norman: chithe
• Portuguese: cera
• Romanian: ceară
• Romansh: tschaira, tschera, tscheira
• Sardinian: chera, cera
• Sicilian: cira
• Spanish: cera
• Venetian: sera, siera, çera, zhera
• Welsh: cwyr

Verb

cēra

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cērō

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References

• cera in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cera in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cera in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

From cyra, from German Zier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛra]

Noun

cera f

1. complexion

Declension

declension of cera

	singular	plural
nominative	cera	cery
genitive	cery	cer
dative	cerze	cerom
accusative	cerę	cery
instrumental	cerą	cerami
locative	cerze	cerach
vocative	cero	cery

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese cera ‎(“wax”), Latin cēra.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾɐ/

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

1. wax (oily, water-resistant substance)

Related terms

• cerume

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cēra ‎(“wax”).

Noun

cera f ‎(plural ceras)

1. wax

Related terms

• cerumen
• cerilla
• cerillo
• ceroso
• encerar