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cetera

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See also: ceteră and & cetera

Esperanto

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin cēterus.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /t͡seˈtera/
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    • Rhymes: -era
    • Syllabification: ce‧te‧ra

    Adjective

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    cetera (accusative singular ceteran, plural ceteraj, accusative plural ceterajn)

    1. remaining

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    Ido

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    Adjective

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    cetera

    1. remaining

    Indonesian

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    Etymology 1

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    From Malay cetera (“parasol”), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of cadar.

    Noun

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    cêtêra

    1. parasol

    Etymology 2

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    See cerita.

    Noun

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    cêtêra

    1. see cerita

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    Latin

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    Etymology 1

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      Plural of cēterum.

      Noun

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      cētera n pl (genitive cēterōrum); second declension

      1. the other things, the rest
        ad cētera ēgregius ― outstanding from every aspect
      Declension
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      Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

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      Adverb

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      cētera (not comparable)

      1. for the rest (adverbial use of the accusative plural of the noun)
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      Etymology 2

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      Adjective

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      cētera

      1. inflection of cēterus:
        1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
        2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
        ad cetera egregius ― outstanding from every aspect

      Adjective

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      cēterā

      1. ablative feminine singular of cēterus

      References

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      • “cetera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “cetera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • ceterus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
      • "cetera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

      Romanian

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From ceteră.[1] Compare local Bessarabian and Maramureș form cetereza, possibly from Latin citharizāre (compare Italian cetereggiare, citarizzare, also Old Italian ceterare).[2]

      Verb

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      a cetera (third-person singular present ceteră, past participle ceterat, third-person subjunctive cetere) 1st conjugation

      1. (regional, popular, Transylvania) to play the fiddle or violin
      2. (regional, popular, Moldavia (region), figurative) to annoy, bother, importune, molest, trouble

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      References

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      1. ^ “cetera”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
      2. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 9 October 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 20 January 2013