English Explanatory Dictionary

cedar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
  2. A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
  3. A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
  4. The aromatic wood from a tree of genus Cedrus or from any of several not closely related trees.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. A programming language, adding various features to the earlier language Mesa.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A ghost town in Mohave County, Arizona.
  3. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Mahaska County, Iowa.
  5. A city in Smith County, Kansas.
  6. A census-designated place in Leelanau County, Michigan.
  7. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Iron County, Wisconsin.
  10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Cedar Township.

Pronunciation

/ˈsiː.də/ sēʹdər /ˈsi.dɚ/ En-us-cedar.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Cedar.wav

Word forms

cedar cedars

Etymology

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.

Related words

cedr- Cedrela cedrelaceous cedrine

Derived words

Alaska cedar Alaska yellow cedar Atlantic cedar Atlantic white cedar Atlas cedar Australian red cedar Barbados bastard cedar Barbados cedar bastard cedar* bay cedar* Bermuda cedar Brazilian cedar British Columbia cedar British Columbian cedar Burma cedar Bussaco cedar California calocedar Californian white cedar California white cedar calocedar Canary cedar Cape cedar cedar apple cedar-apple rust cedar ball Cedar Beach cedar beetle cedar bird cedarbird Cedar Bluff Cedar Bluffs Cedar Brush Creek cedar camphor cedar chest Cedar City cedar closet Cedar County Cedar Creek Cedar Crest cedared cedar elm Cedar Falls cedar fever Cedar Fire Cedar Forest Cedar Fort Cedar Glen Lakes Cedar Glen West cedar green cedar-green Cedar Grove Cedar Hill Cedar Hill Lakes Cedar Hills Cedar Island Cedar Key Cedar Lake cedar leaf oil cedar-like cedarlike

Translations

Akkadian: 𒄑𒂞 Albanian: cedra Albanian: kedra Albanian: cedër Northern Altai: чӱрек агач Southern Altai: мӧш Southern Altai: јӱрӱк Western Apache: bigad Arabic: أَرْز Arabic: ارز Arabic: أرز Aramaic: ܐܪܙܐ Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 Aramaic: ארזא Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַרְזָא Armenian: մայրի Old Armenian: մայր Old Armenian: սարդ Azerbaijani: sidr Basque: zedro Bulgarian: ке́дър Catalan: cedre Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎾ Chinese Mandarin: 西洋杉 Chinese Mandarin: 香柏 Choctaw: chuała Crimean Tatar: sedir Czech: cedr Danish: ceder Danish: cedertræ Dutch: ceder Egyptian: a:S-Aa2-M1 Esperanto: cedro Estonian: seeder Faroese: sedristræ Faroese: sedrisviður Finnish: setri Finnish: setripuu French: cèdre Galician: cidreira Georgian: კედარი German: Zeder Greek: κέδρος Ancient Greek: κέδρος Hawaiian: ʻaleka Hebrew: אֶרֶז Hindi: देवदार Hungarian: cédrus Hungarian: cédrusfa Icelandic: sedrus Ido: cedro Irish: céadar Italian: cedro
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