cer

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cer"

Crimean Tatar

Noun

cer (Northern dialect)

  1. ground, land
  2. place
  3. world

Usage notes

  • Literary form: yer

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Noun

cer m inan

  1. Turkey oak (Quercus cerris)
Declension
Declension of cer (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative cer cery
genitive ceru cerů
dative ceru cerům
accusative cer cery
vocative cere cery
locative ceru cerech
instrumental cerem cery

Etymology 2

Chemical element
Ce
Previous: lanthan (La)
Next: praseodym (Pr)
Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Noun

cer m inan

  1. cerium (chemical element)
Declension
Declension of cer (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative cer cery
genitive ceru cerů
dative ceru cerům
accusative cer cery
vocative cere cery
locative ceru cerech
instrumental cerem cery

Further reading

  • cer in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • cer in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • cer in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latvian

Pronunciation

Verb

cer

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of cerēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of cerēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of cerēt

Northern Tujia

Pronunciation

Noun

cer

  1. water

References

  • Cecilia Brassett, Philip Brassett & Meiyan Lu (2006) The Tujia language, Lincom Europa, →OCLC, page 35
  • STEDT Database

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Chemical element
Ce
Previous: lantan (La)
Next: prazeodym (Pr)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Syllabification: cer

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin cerium.

Noun

cer m inan (related adjective cerowy)

  1. cerium (chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air)
Declension
Declension of cer
singular
nominative cer
genitive ceru
dative cerowi
accusative cer
instrumental cerem
locative cerze
vocative cerze

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cer f

  1. genitive plural of cera

Further reading

  • cer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • cer in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

Noun

cer n (plural ceruri)

  1. sky
  2. heaven
    Synonyms: paradis, rai
Declension
Declension of cer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cer cerul (niște) ceruri cerurile
genitive/dative (unui) cer cerului (unor) ceruri cerurilor
vocative cerule cerurilor
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Forms of the verb cere

Verb

cer

  1. inflection of cere:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin cerrus.

Noun

cer m (plural ceri)

  1. Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)
Declension
Declension of cer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cer cerul (niște) ceri cerii
genitive/dative (unui) cer cerului (unor) ceri cerilor
vocative cerule cerilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cerъ, from Latin cerrus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cȅr m (Cyrillic spelling це̏р)

  1. Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)

Declension

Declension of cer
singular plural
nominative cer cerovi
genitive cera cerova
dative ceru cerovima
accusative cer cerove
vocative ceru cerovi
locative ceru cerovima
instrumental cerom cerovima

References

  • “cer” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

cer

  1. (South Wales) second-person singular imperative of mynd

Synonyms

  • dos (literary and North Wales)
Wikious
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