ceroso

See also: cerošo

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cērōsus.

Adjective

ceroso (feminine cerosa, masculine plural cerosi, feminine plural cerose)

1. waxy (like, or containing wax)

Related terms

• cera

Etymology 2

From cerio +‎ -oso.

Adjective

ceroso (feminine cerosa, masculine plural cerosi, feminine plural cerose)

1. cerous (of trivalent cerium)

Anagrams

• coserò

Latin

Adjective

cērōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cērōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cērōsus. By surface analysis, cera (“wax”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: ce‧ro‧so

Adjective

ceroso (feminine cerosa, masculine plural cerosos, feminine plural cerosas, metaphonic)

1. waxen (having the pale smooth characteristics of wax)

   Synonym: céreo

Further reading

• “ceroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ceroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cērōsus. By surface analysis, cera +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈɾoso/ [θeˈɾo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈɾoso/ [seˈɾo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ce‧ro‧so

Adjective

ceroso (feminine cerosa, masculine plural cerosos, feminine plural cerosas)

1. waxen

Further reading

• “ceroso”, 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