cire
French
noun
Definitions
- wax
- beeswax
- earwax
- sealing wax
- (wax) taper#Etymology_1|taper (wax candle)
- cere
Etymology
Inherited from Old French cire inherited from Latin cēra (wax).
Origin
Latin
cēra
Gloss
wax
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adipocere English
- adipocire English
- ceraceous English
- ceramide English
- cero- English
- cera Latin
- cero Latin
- cerosus Latin
- cēra Latin
- cērōsus Latin
- cera Italian
- cire-pompes French
- cirement French
- cirer French
- cireux French
- cera Spanish, Castilian
- sere Middle English
- cire Old French
- cera Catalan, Valencian
- ceară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- céir Old Irish
- chithe Norman
- cera Old Portuguese
- tsearã Aromanian
- cera Occitan
- cera Asturian
- cere Friulian
- cira Sicilian
- caira Dalmatian
- *kuɨr Proto-Brythonic