cedra

Esperanto

Etymology

cedro (“cedar”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sedra]
• Rhymes: -edra
• Hyphenation: ce‧dra

Adjective

cedra (accusative singular cedran, plural cedraj, accusative plural cedrajn)

1. related to cedar trees or made from cedar wood
   • 1907, Kabe, chapter 4, in La Faraono, part 3, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:

     Fine, oni fermis la korpon en tri ĉerkoj: papera, kovrita per surskriboj, orita cedra kaj marmora.

     Finally, they enclosed the corpse in three coffins: one in paper covered with inscriptions, one in gilded cedar wood and one in marble.

Italian

Verb

cedra

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

Anagrams

• Cerda, cader, creda

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• çedra

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin citera, from Latin cithara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡se.dɾa/

Noun

cedra

1. zither
   • c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 65r

     Auos digo pueblo e yentes plieues e lenguaies al ora que oyerdes tocar las boçinas e las cedras (...)

     To you I say people and plebes and languages, at the time you hear the sounding of the horns and the zithers (...)

2. guitar