cire

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See also: ciré, círe, cirë, and čiré

English

Noun

cire (countable and uncountable, plural cires)

  1. A fabric with a glazed finish.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cire, from Old French cire, chiere, ciere, from Latin cēra.

Pronunciation

Noun

cire f (plural cires)

  1. wax
  2. beeswax
    • 1647, René Descartes, translated by Louis-Charles d'Albert de Luynes, Méditations métaphysiques [Meditations on First Philosophy]:
      Prenons par exemple ce morceau de cire: il vient tout fraîchement d’être tiré de la ruche, il n’a pas encore perdu la douceur du miel qu’il contenoit, il retient encore quelque chose de l’odeur des fleurs dont il a été recueilli […]
      Let us take as an example this piece of beeswax. It has just been taken from the honeycomb, all fresh; it has not yet lost the sweetness of the honey that it held; it yet retains something of the scent of the flowers from which it was gathered
  3. earwax
  4. sealing wax
  5. (wax) taper (wax candle)
  6. cere

Derived terms

Derived terms

Verb

cire

  1. inflection of cirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cīre

  1. inflection of ciō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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