different between cero vs qero

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

Noun

qero (plural qeros)

1. Alternative form of kero (Inca drinking-cup)
   • 2002, Pamela B. Vandiver, Martha Goodway, Jennifer L. Mass, Materials issues in art and archaeology VI

     The qero cups included in the project date from the Inka period through the colonial period.

   • 2004, Paul Richard Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology (page 107)

     Hummingbirds often accompanied depictions of Inca women on qeros, the brilliantly colored wooden cups.