cerra

See also: Cerra and cerrá

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cirra, collective form of cirrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛ.ra]

Noun

cerra f (plural cerres)

1. bristle

Derived terms

• cerrut

Related terms

• cerro
• cirrus

Further reading

• “cerra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cerra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from cerrar. Doublet of zarra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθerɐ], (western) [ˈserɐ]

Noun

cerra f (plural cerras)

1. shutting, closing
2. fence; wattle; stockade

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cerra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cerra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cerra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

cerra

1. inflection of cerrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˈsɛ.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˈsɛ.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˈsɛ.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁa/ [ˈsɛ.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: cer‧ra
• Homophone: serra

Verb

cerra

1. inflection of cerrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romani

Adjective

cerra

1. few