cire

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

cire

from Latin cera ("wax, sealing wax, writing tablet, wax statue" and, in poetry, "cell of bees").

Definitions

arts
anat
botanique
zoologie

Plural

cires

Hyponyms

cire à modelerencaustique

Translations

  • germangerman:Wachs
  • englishenglish:wax
  • koreankorean:밀랍
  • spanishspanish:cera
  • greekgreek:κερί
  • italianitalian:cera
  • dutchdutch:was
  • portugueseportuguese:cera
  • russianrussian:воск
  • swedishswedish:vax
  • turkishturkish:balmumu

See also

cireux (adj.) céréan (adj.) ciré (adj.) cirage (cn.) cirer (v.) cireur (cn.) cirier (cn.) cirière (cn.) cireuse (cn.) cireuse (adj.) kérosène (cn.)