cedar

From Middle English cedre, probably from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Some suggest that the Middle English word was partially from Old English ċeder, but the gap in attestation between the two words makes this proposal unlikely.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.də/
• (US) enPR: sēʹdər, IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːdə(ɹ)
• Homophone: seeder

cedar (countable and uncountable, plural cedars)

1. (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
2. (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.

3. (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
4. (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several not closely related trees.

• See entry for additional derived terms

• cedr-
• Cedrela
• cedrelaceous
• cedrelate
• cedrine

• Cerda, Cerdà, Dacre, acred, arced, cader, cadre, cared, decar, e-card, ecard, raced

Borrowed from Esperanto cedi, English cede, French céder, Italian cedere, Spanish ceder.

• IPA^(key): /t͡seˈdar/

cedar (present tense cedas, past tense cedis, future tense cedos, imperative cedez, conditional cedus)

1. (transitive) to cede

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.dar/, [ˈkeːd̪är]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.dar/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːd̪är]

cēdar

1. inflection of cēdō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

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cȅdar m (Cyrillic spelling це̏дар)

1. cedar (tree)

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