different between cerate vs cerote

English

Etymology 1

From Latin c?r?tum, from c?ra (“wax”).

Noun

cerate (plural cerates)

1. (medicine, archaic or historical) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
2. (inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO₃^2- of cerium.

Translations

Anagrams

• & cetera, Cartee, create, creäte, ecarte, tracee, écarté

Italian

Adjective

cerate

1. feminine plural of cerato

Anagrams

• create, recate, tacere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ke??ra?.te/, [ke???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??e?ra.te/, [t???????t??]

Verb

c?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?r?

English

Noun

cerote (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of cerate.

Anagrams

• cotree, octree

Spanish

Etymology

From cera +? -ote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?e??ote/, [?e??o.t?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /se??ote/, [se??o.t?e]

Noun

cerote m (plural cerotes)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, vulgar) a turd, excrement

   Synonyms: (Honduras) bojote, cagada, mierda, mojón

2. (El Salvador, Nicaragua, vulgar) asshole, a reprehensible person

   Synonym: pendejo

Derived terms

• cerotón

Further reading

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