sero

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sero"

Asturian

Adverb

sero

  1. late
    Synonym: tarde

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin serum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsero/
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: se‧ro

Noun

sero (accusative singular seron, plural seroj, accusative plural serojn)

  1. serum

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from pesero (shareholder) as per- +‎ sero, from earlier persero, from Portuguese parceiro (business partner), from Old Galician-Portuguese parceiro, from Late Latin partiārius, from Latin partiō, from pars.

Pronunciation

Noun

sero (plural sero-sero)

  1. (finance, trading) stock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares
    Synonyms: andil, saham
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown

Pronunciation

Noun

sero (plural sero-sero)

  1. fences stakes installed on the seashore to hold and herd fish into a confined area

Etymology 3

Unknown

Pronunciation

Noun

sero (plural sero-sero)

  1. (zoology) Asian small-clawed otter, oriental small-clawed otter, small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus).

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

sero (plural seros)

  1. whey
  2. serum

Adverb

sero (comparative plus sero, superlative le plus sero)

  1. late

Latin

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Italic *sizō, from Proto-Indo-European *sish₁éti, the reduplicated present of *seh₁- (to sow).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active sēvī, supine satum); third conjugation

    1. to sow, plant
      Synonyms: īnserō, disserō, obserō
      • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.30:
        "Serit arborēs, quae alterī saeclō prōsint", ut ait <Statius> in Synephebis, []
        "He plants the trees, so that they may serve another generation", as Caecilius Statius says in his Synephebi, []
    2. (of persons) to beget, bring forth, produce
    3. (figuratively) to found, establish; scatter, spread, disseminate; propagate; excite; cause, produce
    Conjugation

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Italic *serō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to bind, put together, to line up); compare Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō), Sanskrit सरत् (sarat), Old Lithuanian Lithuanian sėris (filament), Old English serc (shirt, coat of mail). More at sark.[2]

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active seruī, supine sertum); third conjugation

    1. (chiefly in the past participle) to link together; to entwine; to interlace
    2. (transferred sense) to join in a series; to string together
    3. to join a battle; to engage in conflict
      Synonyms: repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, committō, dēcertō
    4. to engage in conversation; to parley
      • 1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642:
        [] perſuadent enim ſe crebro cum dæmone ſermones ſerere, quem Wattipam nominant, & res geſtas in longinquis regionibus ab ipſo edoceri, nec non futuras præmoneri: agnoſcunt autem hunc ſpiritum malum eſſe; neque injuria, nam haud raro miſerum in modum ab ipſo flagellantur.
        For they persuade themselves that they often hold conversations with a demon whom they call Wattipa, and that they are informed by him of things done in distant regions, and indeed foreshown things to be: but they acknowledge that this spirit is evil; and not without reason, for not infrequently they are scourged by him in a miserable manner.
    Conjugation
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

      From sera (bar for fastening doors), itself from serō (to bind).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      serō (present infinitive serāre, perfect active serāvī, supine serātum); first conjugation

      1. (Late Latin) to fasten (with a bolt), bar, bolt
      Conjugation
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 4

        From sērus (late).

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        sērō

        1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sērus

        Adverb

        sērō (comparative sērius, superlative sērissimē)

        1. At a late hour, late, tardily
          • c. 397 AD, Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, X.27:
            Sero te amavi, pulchritudo tam antiqua et tam nova!
            Late have I loved thee, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new!
        2. Too late
          • 3rd century BC, Livius Andronicus, The Trojan Horse:
            Sero sapiunt Phryges
            The Trojans realized too late
          • 2nd century BC, Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius, De agri cultura:
            res rustica sic est: si unam rem sero feceris, omnia opera sero facies.
            agriculture ist thus: if you‘ll have done one thing too late, you will do all your work too late.
        Derived terms

        Etymology 5

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        serō

        1. dative/ablative singular of serum (whey; serum)

        References

        1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “serō, -ere 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 557
        2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “serō, -ere 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 557-8

        Further reading

        • serō2” on page 1,923 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
        • sero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • sero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • "sero", 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)
        • sero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
          • to sow: serere; semen spargere
          • to plant trees: arbores serere (De Sen. 7. 24)

        Lindu

        Noun

        sero

        1. shovel

        Mapudungun

        Mapudungun cardinal numbers
        0 1  > 
            Cardinal : sero

        Numeral

        sero (Raguileo spelling)

        1. zero

        Old Saxon

        Adverb

        sero (comparative mēr, superlative mēst)

        1. much

        Papiamentu

        Papiamentu cardinal numbers
        0 1  > 
            Cardinal : sero

        Etymology

        From Spanish cero and Portuguese zero and Kabuverdianu zéru.

        Numeral

        sero

        1. zero (0)

        Sardinian

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        From Latin sērō adverb form of sērus (late). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-. Compare Italian sera, French soir, Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansh saira.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈsero/

        Noun

        sero f (plural seros)

        1. evening

        Tagalog

        Tagalog numbers (edit)
        0 1  →  10  → 
            Cardinal: wala
            Spanish cardinal: sero

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Spanish cero, from New Latin zērum, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Andalusian Arabic صِفْر (ṣífr), from Classical Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, zero, nothing, empty, void). Doublet of sipra.

        Pronunciation

        • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈseɾo/ [ˈsɛː.ɾo]
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes: -eɾo
        • Syllabification: se‧ro

        Numeral

        sero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

        1. zero
          Synonyms: wala, (neologism) awan, (neologism) kopong, (colloquial) itlog, (slang) bokya

        Derived terms

        • seruhan
        • seruhin

        See also

        Noun

        sero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

        1. nothing; naught

        Further reading

        • sero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

        Anagrams

        Welsh

        Welsh numbers (edit)
        0 1  →  10  → [a], [b]
            Cardinal: sero
            Ordinal: serofed
            Ordinal abbreviation: 0fed

        Pronunciation

        Numeral

        sero

        1. (cardinal number) zero

        Noun

        sero m (plural seroau, not mutable)

        1. zero
          Synonym: dim

        Derived terms

        References

        • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sero”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies