# cer
## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

cer (Northern dialect)
* ground, land
* place
* world

#### Usage notes

* Literary form: yer

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɛr]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

cer m inan
* Turkey oak (Quercus cerris)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

cer m inan
* cerium (chemical element)

##### Declension
### 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)

## Latvian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ser/

### Verb

cer
* third-person singular/plural present indicative of cerēt
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of cerēt
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of cerēt

## Northern Tujia
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tsʰe˨˩/

### Noun

cer
* water

### References

* Cecilia Brassett, Philip Brassett & Meiyan Lu (2006) The Tujia language, Lincom Europa, →OCLC, page 35
* STEDT Database

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛr
* Syllabification: cer

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin cerium.

#### Noun

cer m inan (related adjective cerowy)
* 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
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

cer f
* genitive plural of cera

### Further reading

* cer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* cer in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃer/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -er

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin caelum.

#### Noun

cer n (plural ceruri)
* sky
* (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.

##### Derived terms

* ceresc
* cerul gurii

##### Related terms

* celest

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

cer
* inflection of cere (“to ask”):
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person plural present indicative

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin cerrus.

#### Noun

cer m (plural ceri)
* Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)

##### Declension
### 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: /t͡sêr/

### Noun

cȅr m (Cyrillic spelling це̏р)
* Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Latin cerrus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ser]
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### Noun

cer m inan (related adjective cerový)
* Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “cer”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 92

### 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, 2003–2024

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛr/

### Verb

cer
* (South Wales) second-person singular imperative of mynd

#### Synonyms

* dos (literary and North Wales)