"cire" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /siʁ/ Audio: Fr-cire.ogg Forms: cires [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French cire, from Old French cire, chiere, ciere, from Latin cēra. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|cire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French cire, {{inh+|fr|frm|cire}} Inherited from Middle French cire, {{inh|fr|fro|cire}} Old French cire, {{m|fro|chiere}} chiere, {{m|fro|ciere}} ciere, {{inh|fr|la|cēra}} Latin cēra Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cire f (plural cires)
  1. wax Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-noun-V6v6-jVA
  2. beeswax Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-noun-hzUE8BA6
  3. earwax Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-noun-NmNtSe5T
  4. sealing wax Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-noun-91vnrsHD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 18 46 2 3 20 8
  5. (wax) taper (wax candle) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-noun-2Nt7rTDH
  6. cere Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-noun-2i6nYVKd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caractère de cire, cirage, ciré, cire à cacheter, cire d’abeilles, cire d’Espagne, cire grasse, cire orthodontique, cire perdue, cirement, cirer, cireur, cireuse, cireux, cirier, cirière, fonte à cire perdue

Verb

IPA: /siʁ/ Audio: Fr-cire.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French cire, from Old French cire, chiere, ciere, from Latin cēra. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|cire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French cire, {{inh+|fr|frm|cire}} Inherited from Middle French cire, {{inh|fr|fro|cire}} Old French cire, {{m|fro|chiere}} chiere, {{m|fro|ciere}} ciere, {{inh|fr|la|cēra}} Latin cēra Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} cire
  1. inflection of cirer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-verb-w1tCl4eW
  2. inflection of cirer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-cire-fr-verb-JWbt01vb

Download JSON data for cire meaning in French (5.8kB)

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      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of cirer:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cirer",
          "cirer#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siʁ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cirent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cires"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sire"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sires"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-cire.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/Fr-cire.ogg/Fr-cire.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Fr-cire.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cire"
}

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