cera

See also: Cera, ceră, and c'era

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cēra.

Noun

cera f (plural ceres)

1. wax

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cēra.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾa/

Noun

cera f (plural ceres)

1. wax

Derived terms

• cerós

Further reading

• “cera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cera, from Latin cēra.

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

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

A foreign loan from a substrate language, cognate with Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós) and Albanian qiri.

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

• cērārius
• cērātum
• cēreus
• cērificō
• cērō
• cērōferārius
• cērōsus
• cērula

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
• Occitan: cera
• Portuguese: cera
• Romanian: ceară
• Romansch: 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

References

• cera in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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

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Polish

Etymology

From cyra, from German Zier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.ra/

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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cera (“wax”), from 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθeɾa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾa/

Noun

cera f (plural ceras)

1. wax
2. (Spain) crayon

Synonyms

• (crayon): (Colombia, Venezuela, Canary Islands) creyón m; (Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay) crayón m; (Cuba, Mexico, Peru) crayola f; (Spain) lápiz de cera f

Related terms

• cerumen
• cerilla
• cerillo
• ceroso
• encerar

Further reading

• “cera” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.