cetera

See also: ceteră and & cetera

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cēterus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /t͡seˈtera/
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: ce‧te‧ra

Adjective

cetera (accusative singular ceteran, plural ceteraj, accusative plural ceterajn)

1. remaining

Derived terms

• cetere
• cetero

Ido

Adjective

cetera

1. remaining

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃətəˈra/ [t͡ʃə.t̪əˈra]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ce‧te‧ra

Etymology 1

From Malay cetera (“parasol”), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of cadar.

Noun

cêtêra

1. parasol

Etymology 2

See cerita.

Noun

cêtêra

1. see cerita

Further reading

• “cetera”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology 1

Plural of cēterum.

Noun

cētera n pl (genitive cēterōrum); second declension

1. the other things, the rest

   ad cētera ēgregius ― outstanding from every aspect

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	cētera
genitive	cēterōrum
dative	cēterīs
accusative	cētera
ablative	cēterīs
vocative	cētera

Derived terms

• et cētera

Adverb

cētera (not comparable)

1. for the rest (adverbial use of the accusative plural of the noun)

See also

• cēterum

Etymology 2

Adjective

cētera

1. inflection of cēterus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

   ad cetera egregius ― outstanding from every aspect

Adjective

cēterā

1. ablative feminine singular of cēterus

References

• “cetera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cetera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ceterus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• "cetera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• cetereza — regional

Etymology

From ceteră. Compare local Bessarabian and Maramureș form cetereza, possibly from Latin citharizāre (compare Italian cetereggiare, citarizzare, also Old Italian ceterare).

Verb

a cetera (third-person singular present ceteră, past participle ceterat, third-person subjunctive cetere) 1st conjugation

1. (regional, popular, Transylvania) to play the fiddle or violin
2. (regional, popular, Moldavia (region), figurative) to annoy, bother, importune, molest, trouble

Conjugation

    conjugation of cetera (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a cetera
gerund			ceterând
past participle			ceterat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ceter	ceteri	ceteră	ceterăm	ceterați	ceteră
	imperfect	ceteram	ceterai	cetera	ceteram	ceterați	ceterau
	simple perfect	ceterai	ceterași	ceteră	ceterarăm	ceterarăți	ceterară
	pluperfect	ceterasem	ceteraseși	ceterase	ceteraserăm	ceteraserăți	ceteraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ceter	să ceteri	să cetere	să ceterăm	să ceterați	să cetere
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ceteră			ceterați
	negative		nu cetera			nu ceterați

Synonyms

• (bother, trouble, annoy): deranja, molesta, importuna