cete
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cete"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
cete (plural cetes)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cete (plural cetes)
References edit
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cētē, plural form of cētos, alternative form of cētus, from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “any sea-monster or huge fish”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cete f (plural ceti)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- cete in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
cētē
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cēte
References edit
- “cete”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cete”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English edit
Noun edit
cete
- Alternative form of cite
Old English edit
Noun edit
ċēte f
Romanian edit
Noun edit
cete
Tatar edit
Adjective edit
cete