ceder

From cede +‎ -er.

ceder (plural ceders)

1. One who cedes something.

ceder (plural ceders)

1. Obsolete spelling of cedar.

• Creed, cered, creed, rec'ed

From Middle Dutch ceder, from Old Dutch *ceder, from Proto-West Germanic *cedru.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.dər/

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• Hyphenation: ce‧der
• Rhymes: -eːdər

ceder m (plural ceders or cederen, diminutive cedertje n)

1. cedar, tree of the genus Cedrus
   • 1863, Jan de Liefde, De mensch en de dieren. Een leesboek voor scholen en huisgezinnen., part 2, vol. 1, publ. by H. Höveke, page 106.

     Het hout daartoe namen zij van de cederen des Libanons, en met die schepen doorkruisten zij de gansche Middellandsche zee […]

     The wood for those they took from the cedars of the Lebanon, and with those ships they sailed across the entire Mediterranean Sea […]

   Synonym: cederboom

2. (Suriname) Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata

• Afrikaans: seder
• → Sranan Tongo: sedre, redisedre
  • → Aukan: sédé
  • → Saramaccan: sedu

• ceder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

ceder

1. alternative form of cedre

• ċedar

From Proto-West Germanic *cedru.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.der/

ċeder f

1. the cedar tree

Strong ō-stem:

• Middle English: cedre (attested 1175 as cedrus (plural); merged with Old French cedre)
  • English: cedar
  • Scots: ceder, cedir

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “CEDER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Borrowed from Latin cēdere.

ceder

1. to concede (give up, renounce)

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• → English: cede (now rare)
• French: céder

Learned borrowing from Latin cēdere.

• Hyphenation: ce‧der

ceder (first-person singular present cedo, first-person singular preterite cedi, past participle cedido)

1. (transitive) to cede, to give up, to give away, to hand over, to give (one's own property or rights to others)

   A equipa vencedora cedeu o prémio em dinheiro ao orfanato. ― The winning team ceded the prize money to the orphanage.

2. (transitive) to lend

   Synonym: emprestar

   Vou ceder a minha casa por uma semana. ― I will lend my house by one week.

3. (intransitive) to decide in favor (against one's own previous decision or after doubt) [with a ‘of a request’]

   Não queria sair hoje, mas cedi ao pedido dela. ― I didn't want to get out today, but I decided in favour of her request.

4. (intransitive) to yield, to give in, to surrender (to an argument) (to be convinced after possibly long discussion)

   O teu pai cedeu finalmente, podes voltar mais tarde hoje. ― Your father finally gave in, you can come back later today.

5. (intransitive) to fall down, to collapse

   A casa era realmente velha; quando a olhámos mais de perto, a parede cedeu. ― The house was really old; when we looked closer, the wall fell down.

• “ceder”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ceder”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “ceder” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ceder”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ceder”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ceder”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin cēdere. Compare English cede.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈdeɾ/ [θeˈð̞eɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈdeɾ/ [seˈð̞eɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧der

ceder (first-person singular present cedo, first-person singular preterite cedí, past participle cedido)

1. (transitive) to cede, to hand over, to convey

   ceder el paso ― to give way

2. (transitive) to transfer, to yield
3. (intransitive) to relinquish, to abandon, to leave, to give in
4. (intransitive) to decrease, to lessen, to diminish

• “ceder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

ceder c

1. cedar (tree)
2. cedar (wood)

• cederträ (“cedarwood”)

• ceder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ceder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ceder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)