cedar

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See also: Cedar and çedar

English

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Cedrus atlantica
Atlas cedar
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Etymology

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From Middle English cedre, probably from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Some suggest that the Middle English word was partially from Old English ċeder, but the gap in attestation between the two words makes this proposal unlikely.

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Noun

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cedar (countable and uncountable, plural cedars)

  1. (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
  2. (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
  3. (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
  4. (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several not closely related trees.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto cediEnglish cedeFrench céderItalian cedereSpanish ceder.

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Verb

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cedar (present tense cedas, past tense cedis, future tense cedos, imperative cedez, conditional cedus)

  1. (transitive) to cede

Conjugation

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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cēdar

  1. inflection of cēdō:
    1. first-person singular future passive indicative
    2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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cȅdar m (Cyrillic spelling це̏дар)

  1. cedar (tree)

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