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English

Etymology

Corruption of Spanish sierra (“sawfish”).

Noun

cero (plural ceros or ceroes)

1. A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.

References

• Cero (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scomberomorus regalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scomberomorus regalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• -core, CORE, Core, ROCE, co-r.e., core, creo, ocre

Asturian

Numeral

cero

1. zero

Noun

cero m (plural ceros)

1. zero

Galician

Pronunciation

Numeral

cero (indeclinable)

1. zero

Italian

Etymology

From Latin c?reus. Doublet of cereo.

Noun

cero m (plural ceri)

1. long church candle

Related terms

Anagrams

• creo, creò, ocre, reco, recò

Latin

Etymology

From c?ra (“wax”) +? -?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke?.ro?/, [?ke??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.ro/, [?t??????]

Verb

c?r? (present infinitive c?r?re, perfect active c?r?v?, supine c?r?tum); first conjugation

1. I smear or coat with wax

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• cero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Andalusian Arabic ?????? (?ífr), from Classical Arabic ?????? (?ifr, “zero, nothing, empty, void”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??e?o/, [??e.?o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?se?o/, [?se.?o]
• See also: acero, cerro, cera

Numeral

cero

1. zero

Noun

cero m (plural ceros)

1. zero

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”), or via Latin cero (“I smear or coat with wax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??(?)/
• Homophones: sear, seer

Noun

cere (plural ceres)

1. (ornithology) A waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.

Translations

Verb

cere (third-person singular simple present ceres, present participle cering, simple past and past participle cered)

1. (transitive) To wax; to cover or close with wax.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises

     a strong twisted Thread cered

Anagrams

• Cree

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin c?ra.

Noun

cere f (plural ceris)

1. wax

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ere

Noun

cere f

1. plural of cera

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaer? (“seek, look for, desire”). In the 19th century, the older form of the simple perfect, cer?ii, from Latin quaes?v?, was replaced by cerui by analogy and the old past participle, cer?it, from Latin quaes?tus, was replaced by cerut. The r in these obsolete words were themselves a relatively modern addition through analogy with the original word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??e.re]

Verb

a cere (third-person singular present cere, past participle cerut) 3rd conj.

1. to request, to ask (for)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• a solicita
• a ruga

Derived terms

See also

• întreba

References

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c?r?/

Noun

cere (definite form cere ji)

1. couscous