See also: Caer

English

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Etymology

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From Welsh caer.

Noun

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caer (plural caers)

  1. A Welsh fortress.
    • 1892, Grant Allen, Science in Arcady, page 295:
      [] a good many relics of the old Welsh Caers still bespeak the incompleteness of the early Teutonic conquest.

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Asturian

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Verb

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caer

  1. Alternative form of cayer

Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caer, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre. Compare Portuguese cair, Spanish caer, French choir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈeɾ/ [kɑˈeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧er

Verb

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caer (first-person singular present caio, first-person singular preterite caín, past participle caído)

  1. (intransitive) to fall, fall off, fall down
  2. (of a time) to fall on; to occur
  3. to fall; to decline; to collapse
  4. to fall; to die in battle

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre. Compare Portuguese cair, Galician caer, French choir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈeɾ/ [kaˈeɾ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧er

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caer (first-person singular present caigo, first-person singular preterite caí, past participle caído)

  1. (intransitive, reflexive) to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)
  2. (intransitive) to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend)
    La lluvia cae más fuerte que antes.
    The rain is falling heavier than before.
  3. (intransitive, reflexive) to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground)
  4. (intransitive, reflexive) to fall out (to come out of something by falling)
    El pelo dañado puede caerse.
    Damaged hair can fall out.
  5. (intransitive) to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by
    caer en la trampato fall into the trap
  6. (intransitive) to fall into (to enter a negative state)
  7. (intransitive) to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)
    El imperio romano cayó poco a poco.
    The Roman Empire fell little by little.
  8. (intransitive) to get (to understand)
    No caigo.I don't get it.
  9. (intransitive) to be granted or awarded
    Le cayó una multa.
    She got fined.
  10. (intransitive) to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization)
  11. (intransitive) to fall on (to occur on a particular day)

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Welsh caer, from Old Welsh cair, from Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (fort, fortified town).

See also Cornish ker (fort), Breton kêr (town, city). Related to cae (field).

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caer f (plural caerau or caeroedd or ceyrydd)

  1. fort, fortress, enclosed stronghold, castle, fortress, citadel, fortified town or city
  2. wall, rampart, bulwark
  3. twill
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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caer

  1. (literary) impersonal imperative of cael

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
caer gaer nghaer chaer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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