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), 2008–2025

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): /ˈt͡sɛr/

• 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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -er

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin caelum.

Noun

cer n (plural ceruri)

1. sky
2. (chiefly in the plural) heaven

   Synonyms: paradis, rai

Usage notes

The English construction in the sky has the Romanian equivalent pe cer (literally “on the sky”). In the sense of “heaven”, however, it is still the preposition în (“in”) that is used.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cer	cerul		ceruri	cerurile
genitive-dative	cer	cerului		ceruri	cerurilor
vocative	cerule			cerurilor

Derived terms

• ceresc
• cerul gurii

Related terms

• celest

Etymology 2

Verb

cer

1. inflection of cere (“to ask”):
   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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cer	cerul		ceri	cerii
genitive-dative	cer	cerului		ceri	cerilor
vocative	cerule			cerilor

Further reading

• cer in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived 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

Further reading

• “cer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin cerrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ser]

Noun

cer m inan (relational adjective cerový)

1. Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)

Declension

Declension of cer (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	cer	cery
genitive	cera	cerov
dative	ceru	cerom
accusative	cer	cery
locative	cere	ceroch
instrumental	cerom	cermi

Further reading

• “cer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛr/

Verb

cer

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

Synonyms

• dos (literary and North Wales)