cera

From Latin cēra.

cera f (plural ceres)

1. wax

From Latin cēra.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾa/

cera f (plural ceres)

1. wax

• cerós

• “cera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Portuguese cera, from Latin cēra.

cera f (plural ceras)

1. wax

From Latin cēra (“wax”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃera/, [ˈt͡ʃeː.ra]
• Hyphenation: cé‧ra

cera f (plural cere)

1. wax
2. complexion

• acre
• care
• crea
• reca

A foreign loan from a substrate language, cognate with Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós) and Albanian qiri.[1]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.ra/

cēra f (genitive cērae); first declension

1. wax, beeswax, honeycomb
2. a writing tablet covered with wax
3. a wax seal
4. a wax image

First declension.

cēra

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cērō

• cera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cera in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From cyra, from German Zier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.ra/

cera f

1. complexion

From Old Portuguese cera (“wax”), from Latin cēra.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾɐ/

cera f (plural ceras)

1. wax (oily, water-resistant substance)

• cerume

From Latin cēra (“wax”).

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθeɾa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾa/

cera f (plural ceras)

1. wax

• cerumen
• cerilla
• cerillo
• ceroso
• encerar

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