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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
ceri m (uncountable)
- cerium
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Latin cēreus. Doublet of ciri, a semilearned borrowing.
Adjective
ceri (feminine cèria, masculine plural ceris, feminine plural cèries)
- waxen
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From English cherry, from Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), both ultimately from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Mostly replaced both kersen and kers.
Pronunciation
Noun
ceri (first-person possessive ceriku, second-person possessive cerimu, third-person possessive cerinya)
- cherry:
- a small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
- Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
- The wood of a cherry tree.
Synonyms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ri/
- Rhymes: -eri
- Hyphenation: cé‧ri
Noun
ceri m
- plural of cero
Anagrams
Latvian
Verb
ceri
- inflection of cerēt:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
ceri
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cere
Noun
ceri f
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of ceară
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Related to Old Irish cáer (“berry”).[1] Outside of Celtic, likely related to Latin carīna (“half of a walnut shell; ship keel”); see there for more.[2]
Noun
ceri f (collective, singulative cerïen)
- rowan trees
- Synonym: criafol
- hips (fruit), especially of dogrose or briar
- Synonym: egroes
- medlar trees
- Synonym: merysbrennau
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ceri
- (literary) second-person singular present indicative/future of caru
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ceri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “carīna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93