Caesar

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzə/
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• Received-Pronunciation, Latinate: /ˈkaɪ.zə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪ.sɑː/
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• General-American: /ˈsizəɹ/
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• General-American, Latinate: /ˈkaɪ.zəɹ/
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• General-American: /ˈkaɪ.sɑɹ/
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• rhymes with -iːzə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -aɪzə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -aɪsɑː(ɹ)
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• homophone: seizer
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• homophone: (Latinate) Kaiser
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• General-American: /ˈsizɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: S IY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.)

By extension from personal name Caesar.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Aghwan: 𐕄𐔶𐕚𐔰𐕙 (ḳēsar) — ancient Roman family name
• Albanian: Çezari — ancient Roman family name
• Arabic: قَيْصَر (qayṣar) — ancient Roman family name
• Armenian: Կեսար (Kesar) — ancient Roman family name
• Azerbaijani: Sezar — ancient Roman family name
• Azerbaijani: Qeysər — ancient Roman family name
• Bactrian: Κησαρο (Kēsaro) — ancient Roman family name
• Belarusian: Цэ́зар (Cézar) — ancient Roman family name
• Bulgarian: Це́зар (Cézar) — ancient Roman family name
• Catalan: Cèsar — ancient Roman family name
• Cherokee: ᏏᏌ (sisa) — ancient Roman family name
• Chinese Mandarin: 愷撒 /恺撒 (Kǎisā) — ancient Roman family name
• Chinese Mandarin: 凱撒 /凯撒 (Kǎisǎ) — ancient Roman family name
• Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓⲥⲁⲣ (kaisar) — ancient Roman family name
• Czech: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Danish: Cæsar — ancient Roman family name
• Dutch: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Egyptian: qysrs — ancient Roman family name
• Esperanto: Cezaro — ancient Roman family name
• Estonian: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Finnish: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• French: César — ancient Roman family name
• Middle French: Cæsar — ancient Roman family name
• Galician: César — ancient Roman family name
• Georgian: კეისარი (ḳeisari) — ancient Roman family name
• German: Cäsar — ancient Roman family name
• German: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• German: Zäsar — ancient Roman family name
• German: Kaiser — ancient Roman family name
• Greek: Καίσαρας (Kaísaras) — ancient Roman family name
• Ancient Greek: Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar) — ancient Roman family name
• Hebrew: קֵיסָר (keysár) — ancient Roman family name
• Hindi: सीज़र (sīzar) — ancient Roman family name
• Hindi: क़ैसर (qaisar) — ancient Roman family name
• Icelandic: Sesar — ancient Roman family name
• Ido: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Indonesian: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Irish: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Italian: Cesare — ancient Roman family name
• Japanese: カエサル (Kaesaru) — ancient Roman family name
• Japanese: シーザー (Shīzā) — ancient Roman family name
• Kazakh: Цезарь (Sezar) — ancient Roman family name
• Khmer: សេសារ (seesaa) — ancient Roman family name
• Korean: 카이사르 (Kaisareu) — ancient Roman family name
• Korean: 시저 (Sijeo) — ancient Roman family name
• Kyrgyz: Цезарь (Tsezar) — ancient Roman family name
• Latin: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Latvian: Cēzars — ancient Roman family name
• Lithuanian: Cezaris — ancient Roman family name
• Macedonian: Це́зар (Cézar) — ancient Roman family name
• Malay: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Marathi: सीजर (sījar) — ancient Roman family name
• Mongolian: Цезарь (Cezarʹ) — ancient Roman family name
• Norwegian Bokmål: Cæsar — ancient Roman family name
• Odia: ସିଜର (sijara) — ancient Roman family name
• Dari: قَیْصَر (qaysar) — ancient Roman family name
• Iranian Persian: قِیْصَر (ġeysar) — ancient Roman family name
• Iranian Persian: سِزار (sezâr) — ancient Roman family name
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭩𐭮𐭫 (kēsar) — ancient Roman family name
• Polish: Cezar — ancient Roman family name
• Portuguese: César — ancient Roman family name
• Romanian: Cezar — ancient Roman family name
• Russian: Це́зарь (Cézarʹ) — ancient Roman family name
• Russian: Ке́сарь (Késarʹ) — ancient Roman family name
• Scottish Gaelic: Cèasar — ancient Roman family name
• Serbo-Croatian: Цезар — ancient Roman family name
• Serbo-Croatian: Cezar — ancient Roman family name
• Sicilian: Cìsari — ancient Roman family name
• Sicilian: Cèsari — ancient Roman family name
• Slovak: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Slovene: Cezar — ancient Roman family name
• Spanish: César — ancient Roman family name
• Swedish: Caesar — ancient Roman family name
• Tajik: Сезар (Sezar) — ancient Roman family name
• Thai: ซีซาร์ (sii-saa) — ancient Roman family name
• Turkish: Sezar — ancient Roman family name
• Turkmen: Kaýsar — ancient Roman family name
• Ukrainian: Це́зар (Cézar) — ancient Roman family name
• Urdu: کَیسَر (kaisar) — ancient Roman family name
• Urdu: سِیزَر (sīzar) — ancient Roman family name
• Urdu: قَیْصَر — ancient Roman family name
• Uyghur: كايسار (kaysar) — ancient Roman family name
• Uzbek: Sezar — ancient Roman family name
• Welsh: Cesar — ancient Roman family name
• Afrikaans: keiser — a title of Roman emperors
• Afrikaans: keisers — a title of Roman emperors
• Aghwan: 𐕄𐔶𐕚𐔰𐕙 (ḳēsar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Arabic: قَيْصَر (qayṣar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Azerbaijani: qeysər — a title of Roman emperors
• Bulgarian: це́зар (cézar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Bulgarian: ке́сар (késar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Chinese Mandarin: 凱撒 /凯撒 (Kǎisā) — a title of Roman emperors
• Czech: cézar — a title of Roman emperors
• Czech: Caesar — a title of Roman emperors
• Czech: césar — a title of Roman emperors
• Danish: cæsar — a title of Roman emperors
• Dutch: caesar — a title of Roman emperors
• Faroese: keisari — a title of Roman emperors
• Finnish: Caesar — a title of Roman emperors
• Galician: césar — a title of Roman emperors
• Greek: καίσαρας (kaísaras) — a title of Roman emperors
• Ancient Greek: Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Hindi: कयसर (kaysar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Hindi: क़ैसर (qaisar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Icelandic: keisari — a title of Roman emperors
• Ido: cezaro — a title of Roman emperors
• Indonesian: kaisar — a title of Roman emperors
• Kazakh: Цезарь (Sezar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Malayalam: കൈസർ (kaisaṟ) — a title of Roman emperors
• Parthian: 𐭊𐭉𐭎𐭓 — a title of Roman emperors
• Dari: قَیْصَر (qaysar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Iranian Persian: قِیْصَر (ġeysar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Iranian Persian: سِزار (sezâr) — a title of Roman emperors
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭩𐭮𐭫 — a title of Roman emperors
• Polish: cezar — a title of Roman emperors
• Portuguese: césar — a title of Roman emperors
• Punjabi: ਕੈਸਰ (kaisar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Russian: це́зарь (cézarʹ) — a title of Roman emperors
• Russian: ке́сарь (késarʹ) — a title of Roman emperors
• Tamil: சீசர் (cīcar) — a title of Roman emperors
• Turkmen: kaýsar — a title of Roman emperors
• Urdu: قَیْصَر — a title of Roman emperors