ceder

English

Etymology 1

cede +‎ -er

Noun

ceder (plural ceders)

1. One who cedes something.

Etymology 2

Noun

ceder (plural ceders)

1. Obsolete form of cedar.

Anagrams

• Creed, cered, creed, rec'ed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ceder, from Old Dutch *ceder, from Proto-West Germanic *cedr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.dər/

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• Hyphenation: ce‧der
• Rhymes: -eːdər

Noun

ceder m (plural ceders or cederen, diminutive cedertje n)

1. cedar, tree of the genus Cedrus
   • 1863, Jan de Liefde, De mensch en de dieren. Een leesboek voor scholen en huisgezinnen., part 2, vol. 1, publ. by H. Höveke, page 106.

     Het hout daartoe namen zij van de cederen des Libanons, en met die schepen doorkruisten zij de gansche Middellandsche zee […]

     The wood for those they took from the cedars of the Lebanon, and with those ships they sailed across the entire Mediterranean Sea

   Synonym: cederboom

2. (Suriname) Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: seder
• → Sranan Tongo: sedre, redisedre
  • → Aukan: sédé
  • → Saramaccan: sedu

References

Further reading

• ceder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Middle English

Noun

ceder

1. Alternative form of cedre

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċedar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *cedr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.der/

Noun

ċeder f

1. the cedar tree

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: cedre (attested 1175 as cedrus (plural); merged with Old French cedre)
  • English: cedar
  • Scots: ceder, cedir

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “CEDER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cēdere.

Verb

ceder

1. to concede (give up, renounce)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• → English: cede (now rare)
• French: céder

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cēdere.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ce‧der

Verb

ceder (first-person singular present cedo, first-person singular preterite cedi, past participle cedido)

1. (transitive) to cede, to give up, to give away, to hand over, to give own property or rights to others

   A equipa vencedora cedeu o prémio em dinheiro ao orfanato. ― The winner team ceded the money prize to the orphanage.

2. (transitive) to lend

   Synonym: emprestar

   Vou ceder a minha casa por uma semana. ― I will lend my house by one week.

3. (transitive with a) to decide against own previous decision or after doubt

   Não queria sair hoje, mas cedi ao pedido dela. ― I didn't want to get out today, but I decided in favour of her request.

4. (intransitive) to surrender at an argumentation, to be convinced after possibly long discussion

   O teu pai cedeu finalmente, podes voltar mais tarde hoje. ― Your father finally gave up, you can come back later today.

5. (intransitive) to fall down, to collapse

   A casa era realmente velha; quando a olhámos mais de perto, a parede cedeu. ― The house was really old; when we looked closer, the wall fell down.

Conjugation

Further reading

• “ceder” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ceder” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “ceder” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ceder” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “ceder” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ceder” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cēdere. Compare English cede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈdeɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧der

Verb

ceder (first-person singular present cedo, first-person singular preterite cedí, past participle cedido)

1. (transitive) to cede, hand over, convey

   ceder el paso ― to give way

2. (transitive) to transfer, yield
3. (intransitive) to relinquish, abandon, leave, give in, cave in
4. (intransitive) to decrease, lessen, diminish

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

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ceder

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

ceder c

1. cedar (tree)
2. cedar (wood)

Declension

Derived terms

• cederträ (“cedarwood”)

References

• ceder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ceder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ceder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)