cerca

See also: cercá, cercà, and çerca

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Adverb

cerca

1. near

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛr.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsər.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾ.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from cercar.

Noun

cerca f (plural cerques)

1. search
2. clipping of cercapersones (“pager”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cerca

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

Further reading

• “cerca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cerca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. Probably a back-formation from Old Galician-Portuguese cercar (“to wall; to enclose”), from Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō; or from a Vulgar Latin circa (compare Spanish cerca, northern Italian cerca, French cerce), from the feminine of Latin circus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeɾka̝/, (western) /ˈseɾka̝/

Noun

cerca f (plural cercas)

1. fence; enclosure

   Synonyms: cercado, peche, valado

2. (dated) wall

   Synonyms: muralla, muro

3. siege

   Synonyms: asedio, cerco

Derived terms

• Cerca

Related terms

• cerco
• cercado

Etymology 2

From Latin circa.

Preposition

cerca

1. near

   Synonym: preto

Derived terms

• acerca de
• cerca de

Etymology 3

Verb

cerca

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

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cerca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cerca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cerca”, 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), “cerca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cerca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cerca, from Sanskrit चर्चा (carcā, “discussion, talk, inquiry, trouble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃər.t͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: cêr‧ca

Noun

cêrca (plural cerca-cerca)

1. insult, scorn

Derived terms

• cercaan
• mencerca
• mencercai
• secerca

Further reading

• “cerca”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.ka/
• Rhymes: -erka
• Hyphenation: cér‧ca

Etymology 1

From cercare.

Noun

cerca f (plural cerche)

1. search

   Synonym: ricerca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cerca

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

Further reading

• cerca in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• cerca in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• cerca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• cerca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• cerca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• crace