sero

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sero"

Asturian

Adverb

sero

1. late

   Synonym: tarde

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin serum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsero/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: se‧ro

Noun

sero (accusative singular seron, plural seroj, accusative plural serojn)

1. serum

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from pesero (“shareholder”) as per- +‎ sero, from earlier persero, from Portuguese parceiro (“business partner”), from Old Galician-Portuguese parceiro, from Late Latin partiārius, from Latin partiō, from pars.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsero/ [ˈse.ro]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: se‧ro

Noun

sero (plural sero-sero)

1. (finance, trading) stock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares

   Synonyms: andil, saham

Derived terms

• perseroan
• pesero

Etymology 2

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsero/ [ˈse.ro]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: se‧ro

Noun

sero (plural sero-sero)

1. fences stakes installed on the seashore to hold and herd fish into a confined area

Etymology 3

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsero/ [ˈse.ro]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: se‧ro

Noun

sero (plural sero-sero)

1. (zoology) Asian small-clawed otter, oriental small-clawed otter, small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus).

Further reading

• “sero”, 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

Interlingua

Noun

sero (plural seros)

1. whey
2. serum

Adverb

sero (comparative plus sero, superlative le plus sero)

1. late

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *sizō, from Proto-Indo-European *sish₁éti, the reduplicated present of *seh₁- (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ro]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active sēvī, supine satum); third conjugation

1. to sow, plant

   Synonyms: īnserō, disserō, obserō

   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.30:

     "Serit arborēs, quae alterī saeclō prōsint", ut ait <Statius> in Synephebis, […]

     "He plants the trees, so that they may serve another generation", as Caecilius Statius says in his Synephebi, […]

2. (of persons) to beget, bring forth, produce
3. (figuratively) to found, establish; scatter, spread, disseminate; propagate; excite; cause, produce

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serō		seris		serit		serimus		seritis		serunt
	imperfect	serēbam		serēbās		serēbat		serēbāmus		serēbātis		serēbant
	future	seram		serēs		seret		serēmus		serētis		serent
	perfect	sēvī		sēvistī, sēstī1		sēvit, sēt1		sēvimus, sēmus1		sēvistis, sēstis1		sēvērunt, sērunt, sēvēre1
	pluperfect	sēveram, sēram1		sēverās, sērās1		sēverat, sērat1		sēverāmus, sērāmus1		sēverātis, sērātis1		sēverant, sērant1
	future perfect	sēverō, sērō1		sēveris, sēris1		sēverit, sērit1		sēverimus, sērimus1		sēveritis, sēritis1		sēverint, sērint1
passive	present	seror		sereris, serere		seritur		serimur		seriminī		seruntur
	imperfect	serēbar		serēbāris, serēbāre		serēbātur		serēbāmur		serēbāminī		serēbantur
	future	serar		serēris, serēre		serētur		serēmur		serēminī		serentur
	perfect	satus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	satus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	satus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	seram		serās		serat		serāmus		serātis		serant
	imperfect	sererem		sererēs		sereret		sererēmus		sererētis		sererent
	perfect	sēverim, sērim1		sēverīs, sērīs1		sēverit, sērit1		sēverīmus, sērīmus1		sēverītis, sērītis1		sēverint, sērint1
	pluperfect	sēvissem, sēssem1		sēvissēs, sēssēs1		sēvisset, sēsset1		sēvissēmus, sēssēmus1		sēvissētis, sēssētis1		sēvissent, sēssent1
passive	present	serar		serāris, serāre		serātur		serāmur		serāminī		serantur
	imperfect	sererer		sererēris, sererēre		sererētur		sererēmur		sererēminī		sererentur
	perfect	satus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	satus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sere		—		—		serite		—
	future	—		seritō		seritō		—		seritōte		seruntō
passive	present	—		serere		—		—		seriminī		—
	future	—		seritor		seritor		—		—		seruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		serere			serī			serēns			—
future		satūrum esse			satum īrī			satūrus			serendus, serundus
perfect		sēvisse, sēsse1			satum esse			—			satus
future perfect		—			satum fore			—			—
perfect potential		satūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		serendī		serendō		serendum		serendō		satum		satū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• asserō
• circumserō
• cōnserō
• disserō
• īnserō
• interserō
• obserō
• prōserō
• reserō
• satiō
• satīvus
• sator
• satōrius
• satura
• satus
• subserō

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *serō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”); compare Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō), Sanskrit सरत् (sarat), Old Lithuanian Lithuanian sėris (“filament”), Old English serc (“shirt, coat of mail”). More at sark.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ro]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active seruī, supine sertum); third conjugation

1. (perh. only as past pple.) to link together, entwine, interlace
2. (transferred sense) to join in a series, string together
3. (certāmina, proelia etc.) to join a battle, engage in conflict

   Synonyms: repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, committō, dēcertō

4. (sermōnēs, colloquia etc.) to engage in conversation, parley
   • 1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642:

     […] perſuadent enim ſe crebro cum dæmone ſermones ſerere, quem Wattipam nominant, & res geſtas in longinquis regionibus ab ipſo edoceri, nec non futuras præmoneri: agnoſcunt autem hunc ſpiritum malum eſſe; neque injuria, nam haud raro miſerum in modum ab ipſo flagellantur.

     For they persuade themselves that they often hold conversations with a demon whom they call Wattipa, and that they are informed by him of things done in distant regions, and indeed foreshown things to be: but they acknowledge that this spirit is evil; and not without reason, for not infrequently they are scourged by him in a miserable manner.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serō		seris		serit		serimus		seritis		serunt
	imperfect	serēbam		serēbās		serēbat		serēbāmus		serēbātis		serēbant
	future	seram		serēs		seret		serēmus		serētis		serent
	perfect	seruī		seruistī		seruit		seruimus		seruistis		seruērunt, seruēre
	pluperfect	serueram		seruerās		seruerat		seruerāmus		seruerātis		seruerant
	future perfect	seruerō		serueris		seruerit		seruerimus		serueritis		seruerint
passive	present	seror		sereris, serere		seritur		serimur		seriminī		seruntur
	imperfect	serēbar		serēbāris, serēbāre		serēbātur		serēbāmur		serēbāminī		serēbantur
	future	serar		serēris, serēre		serētur		serēmur		serēminī		serentur
	perfect	sertus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sertus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sertus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	seram		serās		serat		serāmus		serātis		serant
	imperfect	sererem		sererēs		sereret		sererēmus		sererētis		sererent
	perfect	seruerim		seruerīs		seruerit		seruerīmus		seruerītis		seruerint
	pluperfect	seruissem		seruissēs		seruisset		seruissēmus		seruissētis		seruissent
passive	present	serar		serāris, serāre		serātur		serāmur		serāminī		serantur
	imperfect	sererer		sererēris, sererēre		sererētur		sererēmur		sererēminī		sererentur
	perfect	sertus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sere		—		—		serite		—
	future	—		seritō		seritō		—		seritōte		seruntō
passive	present	—		serere		—		—		seriminī		—
	future	—		seritor		seritor		—		—		seruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		serere			serī			serēns			—
future		sertūrum esse			sertum īrī			sertūrus			serendus, serundus
perfect		seruisse			sertum esse			—			sertus
future perfect		—			sertum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sertūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		serendī		serendō		serendum		serendō		sertum		sertū

Derived terms

• asserō
• cōnserō
• dēserō
• disserō
• exserō
• īnserō
• interserō
• praesertim
• prōserō
• seriēs
• serīlia
• serta
• sertus
• subserō

Etymology 3

From sera (“bar for fastening doors”), itself from serō (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ro]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serāre, perfect active serāvī, supine serātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to fasten (with a bolt), bar, bolt

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serō		serās		serat		serāmus		serātis		serant
	imperfect	serābam		serābās		serābat		serābāmus		serābātis		serābant
	future	serābō		serābis		serābit		serābimus		serābitis		serābunt
	perfect	serāvī		serāvistī		serāvit		serāvimus		serāvistis		serāvērunt, serāvēre
	pluperfect	serāveram		serāverās		serāverat		serāverāmus		serāverātis		serāverant
	future perfect	serāverō		serāveris		serāverit		serāverimus		serāveritis		serāverint
passive	present	seror		serāris, serāre		serātur		serāmur		serāminī		serantur
	imperfect	serābar		serābāris, serābāre		serābātur		serābāmur		serābāminī		serābantur
	future	serābor		serāberis, serābere		serābitur		serābimur		serābiminī		serābuntur
	perfect	serātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	serātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	serātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serem		serēs		seret		serēmus		serētis		serent
	imperfect	serārem		serārēs		serāret		serārēmus		serārētis		serārent
	perfect	serāverim		serāverīs		serāverit		serāverīmus		serāverītis		serāverint
	pluperfect	serāvissem		serāvissēs		serāvisset		serāvissēmus		serāvissētis		serāvissent
passive	present	serer		serēris, serēre		serētur		serēmur		serēminī		serentur
	imperfect	serārer		serārēris, serārēre		serārētur		serārēmur		serārēminī		serārentur
	perfect	serātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	serātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		serā		—		—		serāte		—
	future	—		serātō		serātō		—		serātōte		serantō
passive	present	—		serāre		—		—		serāminī		—
	future	—		serātor		serātor		—		—		serantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		serāre			serārī			serāns			—
future		serātūrum esse			serātum īrī			serātūrus			serandus
perfect		serāvisse			serātum esse			—			serātus
future perfect		—			serātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		serātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		serandī		serandō		serandum		serandō		serātum		serātū

Derived terms

• disserō
• obserō
• reserō

Descendants

Descendants

• Aragonese: zarrar
• Asturian: zarrar
• Dalmatian: seruar, inseruor
• Friulian: sierâ
• Galician: cerrar
• Istriot: insierà
• Italian: serrare
• Old French: serrer
  • → English: serry
  • French: serrer
• Portuguese: cerrar
• Romansch: serrar, sarar
• Sicilian: sirrari
• Spanish: cerrar
• Venetan: serar, sarar

Etymology 4

From sērus (“late”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ro]

Adjective

sērō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sērus

Adverb

sērō (comparative sērius, superlative sērissimē)

1. At a late hour, late, tardily
   • c. 397 AD, Augustine, Confessions, X.27:

     Sero te amavi, pulchritudo tam antiqua et tam nova!

     Late have I loved thee, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new!

2. Too late
   • 3rd century BC, Livius Andronicus, The Trojan Horse:

     Sero sapiunt Phryges

     The Trojans realized too late

Derived terms

• sērōtinus

Related terms

• sēritās
• sērus

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ro]

Noun

serō

1. dative/ablative singular of serum (“whey; serum”)

Further reading

• “serō²” on page 1,923 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “sero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "sero", 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)
• “sero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sow: serere; semen spargere
    
  • to plant trees: arbores serere (De Sen. 7. 24)
    

Lindu

Noun

sero

1. shovel

Mapudungun

Mapudungun cardinal numbers

	0	1  >
Cardinal : sero

Numeral

sero (Raguileo spelling)

1. zero

Old Saxon

Adverb

sero (comparative mēr, superlative mēst)

1. much

Papiamentu

Papiamentu cardinal numbers

	0	1  >
Cardinal : sero

Etymology

From Spanish cero and Portuguese zero and Kabuverdianu zéru.

Numeral

sero

1. zero (0)

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• sera

Etymology

From Latin sērō adverb form of sērus (“late”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-. Compare Italian sera, French soir, Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansch saira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsero/

Noun

sero f (plural seros)

1. evening

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  →	10  →
Cardinal: wala     Spanish cardinal: sero

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cero, from New Latin zērum, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Andalusian Arabic صِفْر (ṣífr), from Classical Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, nothing, empty, void”). Doublet of sipra.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾo/ [ˈsɛː.ɾo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: se‧ro

Numeral

sero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

1. zero

   Synonyms: wala, (neologism) awan, (neologism) kopong, (colloquial) itlog, (slang) bokya

Derived terms

• seruhan
• seruhin

See also

• bokya
• wala

Noun

sero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

1. nothing; naught

Further reading

• “sero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• Rose

Welsh

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  →	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: sero     Ordinal: serofed     Ordinal abbreviation: 0fed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 0

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈzeːrɔ/, /ˈzɛrɔ/

Numeral

sero

1. (cardinal number) zero

Noun

sero m (plural seroau, not mutable)

1. zero

   Synonym: dim

Derived terms

• ansero (“nonzero”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sero”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies