cedra

Esperanto

Etymology

cedro (cedar) + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sedra]
  • Rhymes: -edra
  • Hyphenation: ce‧dra

Adjective

cedra (accusative singular cedran, plural cedraj, accusative plural cedrajn)

  1. related to cedar trees or made from cedar wood
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 4, in La Faraono, part 3, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      Fine, oni fermis la korpon en tri ĉerkoj: papera, kovrita per surskriboj, orita cedra kaj marmora.
      Finally, they enclosed the corpse in three coffins: one in paper covered with inscriptions, one in gilded cedar wood and one in marble.

Italian

Verb

cedra

  1. inflection of cedrare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • çedra

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin citera, from Latin cithara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡se.dɾa/

Noun

cedra

  1. zither
    • c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 65r
      Auos digo pueblo e yentes plieues e lenguaies al ora que oyerdes tocar las boçinas e las cedras (...)
      To you I say people and plebes and languages, at the time you hear the sounding of the horns and the zithers (...)
  2. guitar
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