name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cedar
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈsiː.də/
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US: sēʹdər
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US: /ˈsi.dɚ/
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rhymes with -iːdə(ɹ)
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homophone: seeder
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name
Meaning 2
A programming language, adding various features to the earlier language Mesa.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Mohave County, Arizona.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mahaska County, Iowa.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Smith County, Kansas.
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Leelanau County, Michigan.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Iron County, Wisconsin.
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name
Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Cedar Township.
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noun
Meaning 12
A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
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Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 13
A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
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Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 14
A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
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Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 15
The aromatic wood from a tree of genus Cedrus or from any of several not closely related trees.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
any cedar of the genus Cedrus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cedar tree, true cedar
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Broader terms: conifer, coniferous tree
Narrower terms: cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani, deodar, deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica
noun
Meaning 17
durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cedarwood
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Broader terms: wood
Narrower terms: red cedar, Port Orford cedar
noun
Meaning 18
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cedar tree
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conifer, coniferous tree
Narrower terms: Chilean cedar, Austrocedrus chilensis, incense cedar, red cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens, southern white cedar, coast white cedar, Atlantic white cedar, white cypress, white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar, Lawson's cypress, Lawson's cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, yellow cypress, yellow cedar, Nootka cypress, Alaska cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Japanese cedar, Japan cedar, sugi, Cryptomeria japonica, kawaka, Libocedrus plumosa, pahautea, Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine
History
Etymology
Probably a variant of Ceder.
From cedar, because of the abundant local trees.
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. Possible doublet of citrus.
Across languages
Translations
144 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Akkadian: 𒄑𒂞 — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Albanian: cedra — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Albanian: kedra — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Albanian: cedër — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Northern Altai: чӱрек агач (čürek agač) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Southern Altai: мӧш (möš) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Southern Altai: јӱрӱк (ǰürük) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Western Apache: bigad — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Arabic: أَرْز (ʔarz) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Arabic: ارز (ʔarz) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Arabic: أرز (ʔarz) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Aramaic: ܐܪܙܐ (/*ʾarzā/) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Aramaic: ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzā) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַרְזָא (ʾarzā) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Aramaic: ארזא (/*ʾarzā/) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Armenian: մայրի (mayri) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Old Armenian: մայր (mayr) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Old Armenian: սարդ (sard) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Azerbaijani: sidr — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Basque: zedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Bulgarian: ке́дър (kédǎr) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Catalan: cedre — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎾ (atsina) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Chinese Mandarin: 西洋杉 (xīyángshān) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Chinese Mandarin: 香柏 (xiāngbó) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Choctaw: chuała — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Crimean Tatar: sedir — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Czech: cedr — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Danish: ceder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Danish: cedertræ — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Dutch: ceder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Egyptian: a:S-Aa2-M1 (ꜥš) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Esperanto: cedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Estonian: seeder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Faroese: sedristræ — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Faroese: sedrisviður — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Finnish: setri — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Finnish: setripuu — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- French: cèdre — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Galician: cidreira — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Georgian: კედარი (ḳedari) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- German: Zeder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Greek: κέδρος (kédros) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Ancient Greek: κέδρος (kédros) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Hawaiian: ʻaleka — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Hebrew: אֶרֶז (ʾérez) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Hindi: देवदार (devdār) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Hungarian: cédrus — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Hungarian: cédrusfa — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Icelandic: sedrus — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Ido: cedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Irish: céadar — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Italian: cedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Japanese: ヒマラヤ杉 (himarayasugi) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Kazakh: кедір (kedır) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Kazakh: балқарағай (balqarağai) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Komi-Zyrian: сус (sus) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Korean: 개잎갈 나무 (gaeipgal namu) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Korean: 시다 (sida) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Kyrgyz: кедр (kedr) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Ladino: sedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Latin: cedrus — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Latvian: ciedrs — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Lingala: sedre — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Lithuanian: kedras — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Macedonian: кедар (kedar) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Malay: araz — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Malayalam: ദേവദാരു (dēvadāru) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Maltese: ċedru — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Manx: cedar — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Māori: hīta — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Middle English: cedre — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Central Sierra Miwok: čapa·há- — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Mongolian: хуш (xuš) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Nanai: колдон (koldon) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Norman: cèdre — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Norwegian Bokmål: seder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Old English: ceder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Pennsylvania German: Zeedrebaam — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Persian: سرو (sarv) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Persian: سدر (sedr) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Piedmontese: sedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Plautdietsch: Zeedaboom — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Polish: cedr — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Portuguese: cedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Romanian: cedru — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Russian: кедр (kedr) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Sanskrit: देवदारु (devadāru) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Serbo-Croatian: це̏дар — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Serbo-Croatian: ке̏дар — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Serbo-Croatian: cȅdar — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Serbo-Croatian: kȅdar — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Slovak: céder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Lower Sorbian: cedra — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Upper Sorbian: cedra — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Spanish: cedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Sumerian: 𒄑𒂞 — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Swahili: mwerezi — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Swedish: ceder — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Tagalog: sedro — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Taos: hų̂nemą — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Tatar: кедр (kedr) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Tibetan: ཐང་ཁྲག (thang khrag) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Turkish: sedir — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Turkish: dağ servisi — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Ottoman Turkish: سدر (sedir) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Tuvan: пөш (pöş) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎇 (ảrz) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Urdu: دیودار (devdār) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Walloon: cede — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Welsh: cedrwydd — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Yiddish: צעדרבוים (tsedrboym) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Yiddish: צעדר (tsedr) — coniferous tree in genus Cedrus
- Finnish: sypressikasvi — coniferous tree in family Cupressaceae
- German: Zypressengewächs — coniferous tree in family Cupressaceae
- Choctaw: chuała — aromatic wood
- Czech: cedr — aromatic wood
- Danish: ceder — aromatic wood
- Danish: cedertræ — aromatic wood
- Dutch: ceder — aromatic wood
- Dutch: cederhout — aromatic wood
- Faroese: sedrisviður — aromatic wood
- Finnish: setri — aromatic wood
- French: cèdre — aromatic wood
- German: Zeder — aromatic wood
- German: Zedernholz — aromatic wood
- Hungarian: cédrus — aromatic wood
- Hungarian: cédrusfa — aromatic wood
- Ido: cedro — aromatic wood
- Italian: cedro — aromatic wood
- Navajo: dilkʼis — aromatic wood
- Norman: cèdre — aromatic wood
- Plautdietsch: Zeeda — aromatic wood
- Polish: cedr — aromatic wood
- Portuguese: cedro — aromatic wood
- Russian: кедр (kedr) — aromatic wood
- Serbo-Croatian: це̏дровина — aromatic wood
- Serbo-Croatian: кедровина — aromatic wood
- Serbo-Croatian: cȅdrovina — aromatic wood
- Serbo-Croatian: kedrovina — aromatic wood
- Swedish: cederträ — aromatic wood
- Swedish: ceder — aromatic wood
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