sero

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sero"

Asturian

Adverb

sero

1. late

   Synonym: tarde

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin serum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsero]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: se‧ro

Noun

sero (accusative singular seron, plural seroj, accusative plural serojn)

1. serum

Indonesian

Etymology

Back-formation from pesero (“shareholder”) as per- +‎ sero, from earlier persero, from Portuguese parceiro (“business partner”), from Old Galician-Portuguese parceiro, from Late Latin partiārius, from Latin partiō, from pars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.ro]
• Hyphenation: sé‧ro

Noun

sero (plural)

1. (finance, trading) stock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares.

   Synonyms: andil, saham

Derived terms

• perseroan
• pesero

 

Further reading

• “sero” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

sero (plural seros)

1. whey
2. serum

Adverb

sero (comparative plus sero, superlative le plus sero)

1. late

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *sizō, from Proto-Indo-European *sish₁éti, the reduplicated present of *seh₁- (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ro/, [ˈsɛːro]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active sēvī, supine satum); third conjugation

1. to sow, plant

   Synonyms: īnserō, disserō, obserō

   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.30:

     "Serit arborēs, quae alterī saeclō prōsint", ut ait <Statius> in Synephebis, […]

     "He plants the trees, so that they may serve another generation", as Caecilius Statius says in his Synephebi, […]

2. (of persons) to beget, bring forth, produce
3. (figuratively) to found, establish; scatter, spread, disseminate; propagate; excite; cause, produce

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serō	seris	serit	serimus	seritis	serunt
	imperfect	serēbam	serēbās	serēbat	serēbāmus	serēbātis	serēbant
	future	seram	serēs	seret	serēmus	serētis	serent
	perfect	sēvī	sēvistī, sēstī1	sēvit, sēt1	sēvimus, sēmus1	sēvistis, sēstis1	sēvērunt, sēvēre, sērunt1
	pluperfect	sēveram, sēram1	sēverās, sērās1	sēverat, sērat1	sēverāmus, sērāmus1	sēverātis, sērātis1	sēverant, sērant1
	future perfect	sēverō, sērō1	sēveris, sēris1	sēverit, sērit1	sēverimus, sērimus1	sēveritis, sēritis1	sēverint, sērint1
passive	present	seror	sereris, serere	seritur	serimur	seriminī	seruntur
	imperfect	serēbar	serēbāris, serēbāre	serēbātur	serēbāmur	serēbāminī	serēbantur
	future	serar	serēris, serēre	serētur	serēmur	serēminī	serentur
	perfect	satus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	satus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	satus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	seram	serās	serat	serāmus	serātis	serant
imperfect	sererem	sererēs	sereret	sererēmus	sererētis	sererent
perfect	sēverim, sērim1	sēverīs, sērīs1	sēverit, sērit1	sēverīmus, sērīmus1	sēverītis, sērītis1	sēverint, sērint1
pluperfect	sēvissem, sēssem1	sēvissēs, sēssēs1	sēvisset, sēsset1	sēvissēmus, sēssēmus1	sēvissētis, sēssētis1	sēvissent, sēssent1
passive	present	serar	serāris, serāre	serātur	serāmur	serāminī	serantur
imperfect	sererer	sererēris, sererēre	sererētur	sererēmur	sererēminī	sererentur
perfect	satus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	satus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sere	—	—	serite	—
	future	—	seritō	seritō	—	seritōte	seruntō
passive	present	—	serere	—	—	seriminī	—
	future	—	seritor	seritor	—	—	seruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		serere	sēvisse, sēsse1	satūrum esse	serī	satum esse	satum īrī
participles		serēns	—	satūrus	—	satus	serendus, serundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		serendī	serendō	serendum	serendō	satum	satū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• asserō
• circumserō
• cōnserō
• disserō
• īnserō
• interserō
• obserō
• prōserō
• reserō
• satiō
• satīvus
• sator
• satōrius
• satura
• satus
• subserō

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *serō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”); compare Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō), Sanskrit सरत् (sarat), Old Lithuanian Lithuanian sėris (“filament”), Old English serc (“shirt, coat of mail”). More at sark.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ro/, [ˈsɛːro]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active seruī, supine sertum); third conjugation

1. (perh. only as past pple.) to link together, entwine, interlace
2. (transferred sense) to join in a series, string together
3. (certāmina, proelia etc.) to join a battle, engage in conflict

   Synonyms: repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, committō, dēcertō

4. (sermōnēs, colloquia etc.) to engage in conversation, parley
   • 1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642:

     […] perſuadent enim ſe crebro cum dæmone ſermones ſerere, quem Wattipam nominant, & res geſtas in longinquis regionibus ab ipſo edoceri, nec non futuras præmoneri: agnoſcunt autem hunc ſpiritum malum eſſe; neque injuria, nam haud raro miſerum in modum ab ipſo flagellantur.

     For they persuade themselves that they often hold conversations with a demon whom they call Wattipa, and that they are informed by him of things done in distant regions, and indeed foreshown things to be: but they acknowledge that this spirit is evil; and not without reason, for not infrequently they are scourged by him in a miserable manner.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serō	seris	serit	serimus	seritis	serunt
	imperfect	serēbam	serēbās	serēbat	serēbāmus	serēbātis	serēbant
	future	seram	serēs	seret	serēmus	serētis	serent
	perfect	seruī	seruistī	seruit	seruimus	seruistis	seruērunt, seruēre
	pluperfect	serueram	seruerās	seruerat	seruerāmus	seruerātis	seruerant
	future perfect	seruerō	serueris	seruerit	seruerimus	serueritis	seruerint
passive	present	seror	sereris, serere	seritur	serimur	seriminī	seruntur
	imperfect	serēbar	serēbāris, serēbāre	serēbātur	serēbāmur	serēbāminī	serēbantur
	future	serar	serēris, serēre	serētur	serēmur	serēminī	serentur
	perfect	sertus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sertus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sertus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	seram	serās	serat	serāmus	serātis	serant
imperfect	sererem	sererēs	sereret	sererēmus	sererētis	sererent
perfect	seruerim	seruerīs	seruerit	seruerīmus	seruerītis	seruerint
pluperfect	seruissem	seruissēs	seruisset	seruissēmus	seruissētis	seruissent
passive	present	serar	serāris, serāre	serātur	serāmur	serāminī	serantur
imperfect	sererer	sererēris, sererēre	sererētur	sererēmur	sererēminī	sererentur
perfect	sertus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	sertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sere	—	—	serite	—
	future	—	seritō	seritō	—	seritōte	seruntō
passive	present	—	serere	—	—	seriminī	—
	future	—	seritor	seritor	—	—	seruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		serere	seruisse	sertūrum esse	serī	sertum esse	sertum īrī
participles		serēns	—	sertūrus	—	sertus	serendus, serundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		serendī	serendō	serendum	serendō	sertum	sertū

Derived terms

• asserō
• cōnserō
• dēserō
• disserō
• exserō
• īnserō
• interserō
• praesertim
• prōserō
• seriēs
• serīlia
• serta
• sertus
• subserō

 

Etymology 3

From sera (“bar for fastening doors”), itself from serō (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ro/, [ˈsɛːro]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serāre, perfect active serāvī, supine serātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to fasten (with a bolt), bar, bolt

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serō	serās	serat	serāmus	serātis	serant
	imperfect	serābam	serābās	serābat	serābāmus	serābātis	serābant
	future	serābō	serābis	serābit	serābimus	serābitis	serābunt
	perfect	serāvī	serāvistī	serāvit	serāvimus	serāvistis	serāvērunt, serāvēre
	pluperfect	serāveram	serāverās	serāverat	serāverāmus	serāverātis	serāverant
	future perfect	serāverō	serāveris	serāverit	serāverimus	serāveritis	serāverint
passive	present	seror	serāris, serāre	serātur	serāmur	serāminī	serantur
	imperfect	serābar	serābāris, serābāre	serābātur	serābāmur	serābāminī	serābantur
	future	serābor	serāberis, serābere	serābitur	serābimur	serābiminī	serābuntur
	perfect	serātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	serātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	serātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serem	serēs	seret	serēmus	serētis	serent
imperfect	serārem	serārēs	serāret	serārēmus	serārētis	serārent
perfect	serāverim	serāverīs	serāverit	serāverīmus	serāverītis	serāverint
pluperfect	serāvissem	serāvissēs	serāvisset	serāvissēmus	serāvissētis	serāvissent
passive	present	serer	serēris, serēre	serētur	serēmur	serēminī	serentur
imperfect	serārer	serārēris, serārēre	serārētur	serārēmur	serārēminī	serārentur
perfect	serātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	serātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	serā	—	—	serāte	—
	future	—	serātō	serātō	—	serātōte	serantō
passive	present	—	serāre	—	—	serāminī	—
	future	—	serātor	serātor	—	—	serantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		serāre	serāvisse	serātūrum esse	serārī	serātum esse	serātum īrī
participles		serāns	—	serātūrus	—	serātus	serandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		serandī	serandō	serandum	serandō	serātum	serātū

Derived terms

• obserō
• reserō

Descendants

• Aragonese: zarrar
• Asturian: zarrar
• Dalmatian: seruar, inseruor
• Friulian: sierâ
• Galician: cerrar
• Istriot: insierà
• Italian: serrare
• Old French: serrer
  • → English: serry
  • French: serrer
• Portuguese: cerrar
• Romansch: serrar, sarar
• Sicilian: sirrari
• Spanish: cerrar
• Venetan: serar, sarar

Etymology 4

From sērus (“late”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.roː/, [ˈs̠eːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ro/, [ˈsɛːro]

Adjective

sērō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sērus

Adverb

sērō (comparative sērius, superlative sērissimē)

1. At a late hour, late, tardily
2. Too late

Derived terms

• sērōtinus

Related terms

• sēritās
• sērus

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ro/, [ˈsɛːro]

Noun

serō

1. dative/ablative singular of serum (“whey; serum”)

Further reading

• “serō²” on page 1,923 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “sero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sow: serere; semen spargere
    
  • to plant trees: arbores serere (De Sen. 7. 24)
    

Lindu

Noun

sero

1. shovel

Mapudungun

Mapudungun cardinal numbers

	0	1  >
Cardinal : sero

Numeral

sero (Raguileo spelling)

1. zero

Old Saxon

Adverb

sero (comparative mēr, superlative mēst)

1. much

Papiamentu

Papiamentu cardinal numbers

	0	1  >
Cardinal : sero

Etymology

From Spanish cero and Portuguese zero and Kabuverdianu zéru.

Numeral

sero

1. zero (0)

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• sera

Etymology

From Latin sērō adverb form of sērus (“late”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-. Compare Italian sera, French soir, Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansch saira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsero/

Noun

sero f (plural seros)

1. evening

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  →	10  →
Cardinal: wala     Spanish cardinal: sero

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cero, from New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Andalusian Arabic صِفْر (ṣífr), from Classical Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, nothing, empty, void”). Doublet of sipra.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾo/ [ˈsɛː.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: se‧ro

Numeral

sero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

1. zero

   Synonyms: wala, (neologism) awan, (neologism) kopong, (colloquial) itlog, (slang) bokya

Derived terms

• seruhan
• seruhin

 

See also

• bokya
• wala

 

Noun

sero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

1. nothing; naught

Further reading

• “sero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• Rose

Welsh

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  →	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: sero     Ordinal: serofed     Ordinal abbreviation: 0fed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 0

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈzeːrɔ/, /ˈzɛrɔ/

Numeral

sero

1. (cardinal number) zero

Noun

sero m (plural seroau, not mutable)

1. zero

   Synonym: dim

Derived terms

• ansero (“nonzero”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sero”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies