"cereus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cereuses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Cereus}} translingual Cereus, {{doublet|en|serge}} Doublet of serge Head templates: {{en-noun}} cereus (plural cereuses)
  1. Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile. Derived forms: night-blooming cereus, hedgehog cereus (taxonomic: Echinocereus spp.) Related terms: cerein, ceroid Translations (cactus): شَمْعِيَّة (šamʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), شَمَعِيَّة (šamaʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), цэ́рэус (céreus) [masculine] (Belarusian), 仙人柱 (xiānrénzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 天輪柱 /天轮柱 (tiānlúnzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 六角柱 (liùjiǎozhù) (Chinese Mandarin), zuilcactus [masculine] (Dutch), pylväskaktus (Finnish), cierge [masculine] (French), ცერეუსი (cereusi) (Georgian), pałczak [masculine] (Polish), otąg [masculine] (Polish), цереус (cereus) [masculine] (Russian), stupasti kaktus [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fakľovec [masculine] (Slovak), gigantón [masculine] (Spanish), aguacolla [feminine] (Spanish), pelarkaktus [common-gender] (Swedish), цере́ус (ceréus) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: [ˈkeː.re.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃɛː.re.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From cēra (“wax”). Head templates: {{la-adj|cēreus}} cēreus (feminine cērea, neuter cēreum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|cēreus}} Forms: cēreus [canonical], cērea [feminine], cēreum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], cēreus [masculine, nominative, singular], cērea [feminine, nominative, singular], cēreum [neuter, nominative, singular], cēreī [masculine, nominative, plural], cēreae [feminine, nominative, plural], cērea [neuter, nominative, plural], cēreī [genitive, masculine, singular], cēreae [feminine, genitive, singular], cēreī [genitive, neuter, singular], cēreōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], cēreārum [feminine, genitive, plural], cēreōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], cēreō [dative, masculine, singular], cēreae [dative, feminine, singular], cēreō [dative, neuter, singular], cēreīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cēreum [accusative, masculine, singular], cēream [accusative, feminine, singular], cēreum [accusative, neuter, singular], cēreōs [accusative, masculine, plural], cēreās [accusative, feminine, plural], cērea [accusative, neuter, plural], cēreō [ablative, masculine, singular], cēreā [ablative, feminine, singular], cēreō [ablative, neuter, singular], cēreīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cēree [masculine, singular, vocative], cērea [feminine, singular, vocative], cēreum [neuter, singular, vocative], cēreī [masculine, plural, vocative], cēreae [feminine, plural, vocative], cērea [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. of wax, waxen Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-vPMwoxPT
  2. of the colour of wax; beige, cream-coloured Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-xjtoF4u1
  3. of the properties of wax; soft, pliant Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-yQwCVJhA
  4. (figuratively) easily moved, swayed or persuaded Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-bLdVXAqq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cēreolus
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈkeː.re.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃɛː.re.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Substantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”). Head templates: {{la-noun|cēreus<2>}} cēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cēreus<2>}} Forms: cēreus [canonical, masculine], cēreī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cēreus [nominative, singular], cēreī [nominative, plural], cēreī [genitive, singular], cēreōrum [genitive, plural], cēreō [dative, singular], cēreīs [dative, plural], cēreum [accusative, singular], cēreōs [accusative, plural], cēreō [ablative, singular], cēreīs [ablative, plural], cēree [singular, vocative], cēreī [plural, vocative]
  1. a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-noun-5ddeZywV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 11 17 55 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 17 22 15 17 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "cactus",
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