different between dero vs cero

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?de??.??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d????/

Etymology

From derelict.

Alternative forms

• derro

Noun

dero (plural deros)

1. (Australia) A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict, especially an alcoholic.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 66:

     Finn was affected with the dero shakes, wobbling one way or another to steady his position, as the hawks, looking down at him, casually flew out of range.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:vagabond

Anagrams

• Dore, EDRO, Oder, doer, orde, redo, rode, roed

German

Alternative forms

• dere (archaic)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de??o/
• Hyphenation: de?ro

Pronoun

dero

1. (dated) genitive singular feminine of der
2. (dated) genitive plural of der

Further reading

• “dero” in Duden online

Lindu

Noun

dero

1. a kind of cultural dance

Slovene

Verb

dero

1. third-person plural present of dreti

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