cetera

See also: ceteră and & cetera

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cēterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡seˈtera/

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• Rhymes: -era

Adjective

cetera (accusative singular ceteran, plural ceteraj, accusative plural ceterajn)

1. remaining

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Adjective

cetera

1. remaining

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay cetera (“parasol”), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of cadar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.tə.ra/
• Hyphenation: cê‧tê‧ra

Noun

cêtêra

1. parasol

Etymology 2

See cerita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.tə.ra/
• Hyphenation: cê‧tê‧ra

Noun

cêtêra

1. See cerita.

Further reading

• “cetera” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

cētera n pl (genitive cēterōrum); second declension

1. the other things, the rest

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	cētera
Genitive	cēterōrum
Dative	cēterīs
Accusative	cētera
Ablative	cēterīs
Vocative	cētera

Derived terms

• et cētera

Adverb

cētera (not comparable)

1. for the rest (adverbial use of the accusative plural of the noun)

See also

• cēterum

Etymology 2

Adjective

cētera

1. nominative feminine singular of cēterus
2. nominative neuter plural of cēterus
3. accusative neuter plural of cēterus
4. vocative feminine singular of cēterus
5. vocative neuter plural of cēterus

Adjective

cēterā

1. ablative feminine singular of cēterus

References

• cetera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cetera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cetera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• cetereza (regional)

Etymology

From ceteră. Compare local Bessarabian and Maramureș form cetereza, possibly from Latin citharizāre, present active infinitive of citharizō (compare Italian cetereggiare, citarizzare, also Old Italian ceterare).

Verb

a cetera (third-person singular present ceteră, past participle ceterat) 1st conj.

1. (regional, popular, Transylvania) to play the fiddle or violin
2. (regional, popular, Moldova, figuratively) to annoy, bother, importune, molest, trouble

Conjugation

    conjugation of cetera (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a cetera
gerund			ceterând
past participle			ceterat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ceter	ceteri	ceteră	ceterăm	ceterați	ceteră
	imperfect	ceteram	ceterai	cetera	ceteram	ceterați	ceterau
	simple perfect	ceterai	ceterași	ceteră	ceterarăm	ceterarăți	ceterară
	pluperfect	ceterasem	ceteraseși	ceterase	ceteraserăm	ceteraserăți	ceteraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ceter	să ceteri	să cetere	să ceterăm	să ceterați	să cetere
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ceteră			ceterați
	negative		nu cetera			nu ceterați

Synonyms

• (bother, trouble, annoy): deranja, molesta, importuna