cerdo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρδων (kérdōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.doː/, [ˈkɛrd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.do/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrd̪o]

Noun

cerdō m (genitive cerdōnis); third declension

1. A handicraftsman

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cerdō	cerdōnēs
Genitive	cerdōnis	cerdōnum
Dative	cerdōnī	cerdōnibus
Accusative	cerdōnem	cerdōnēs
Ablative	cerdōne	cerdōnibus
Vocative	cerdō	cerdōnēs

References

• “cerdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cerdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “cerdo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “cerdo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cerdo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From cerda, possibly from Latin seta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾdo/ [ˈθeɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɾdo/ [ˈseɾ.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɾdo
• Syllabification: cer‧do

Adjective

cerdo (feminine cerda, masculine plural cerdos, feminine plural cerdas)

1. dirty

   Synonym: sucio

Noun

cerdo m (plural cerdos, feminine cerda, feminine plural cerdas)

1. pig, hog

   Synonyms: cochino, chancho, marrano, puerco

2. pork

   Synonyms: puerco, chancho

3. (colloquial, figurative) slob, pig, hog

   Synonyms: vago, haragán

Derived terms

• a todo cerdo le llega su san Martín
• cerdo hormiguero
• como un cerdo
• queso de cerdo

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cedro, credo