ciliar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin ciliāris. By surface analysis, cílio +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.liˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlja(ʁ)/ [siˈlja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.liˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlja(ʁ)/ [siˈlja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /si.liˈa(ɾ)/ [si.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.liˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlja(ʁ)/ [siˈlja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /si.liˈa(ɻ)/ [si.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈlja.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ci‧li‧ar

Adjective

ciliar m or f (plural ciliares)

1. ciliary (of or pertaining to or involving cilia)
2. ciliary (of or pertaining to the eyelashes)
3. (botany) riparian

   Synonyms: ribeirinho, ripário, ripícola

   mata ciliar ― riparian forest

Further reading

• “ciliar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ciliar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ciliar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “ciliar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ciliaire.

Adjective

ciliar m or n (feminine singular ciliară, masculine plural ciliari, feminine/neuter plural ciliare)

1. ciliary

Declension

Declension of ciliar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ciliar		ciliară		ciliari	ciliare
	definite	ciliarul		ciliara		ciliarii	ciliarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ciliar		ciliare		ciliari	ciliare
	definite	ciliarului		ciliarei		ciliarilor	ciliarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiˈljaɾ/ [θiˈljaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /siˈljaɾ/ [siˈljaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ci‧liar

Adjective

ciliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural ciliares)

1. (relational) cilium; ciliary

Derived terms

• nasociliar

Related terms

• ceja
• ciliado
• cilio

Further reading

• “ciliar”, 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