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cera.

wax, beeswax; honeycomb; wax-covered writing tablet, letter; wax image/seal;

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkeː.ra]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃɛː.ra]

  1. wax, beeswax, honeycomb

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  2. a wax seal

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  3. a wax image

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Where this word comes from

A foreign loan from a substrate language, cognate with Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós) and Albanian qiri, and possibly also with Lithuanian korỹs (“honeycomb”) and Latvian kāre.

verb[ˈkeː.raː]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃɛː.ra]

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cērō

    active · form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
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