cer

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛr]

Etymology 1

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)

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 (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “cer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “cer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ser/

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

• IPA^(key): /tsʰe˨˩/

Noun

cer

1. water

References

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

Polish

Chemical element
Ce
Previous: lantan (La)
Next: prazeodym (Pr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛr/

• Audio:

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• 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

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃer/
• Rhymes: -er

• Audio:

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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

• ceresc

Related terms

• celest

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡sêr/

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

• IPA^(key): /kɛr/

Verb

cer

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

Synonyms

• dos (literary and North Wales)