cetera

See also: ceteră and & cetera

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cēterus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /t͡seˈtera/
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: ce‧te‧ra

Adjective

cetera (accusative singular ceteran, plural ceteraj, accusative plural ceterajn)

1. remaining

Derived terms

• cetere
• cetero

Ido

Adjective

cetera

1. remaining

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃətəˈra/ [t͡ʃə.t̪əˈra]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ce‧te‧ra

Etymology 1

From Malay cetera (“parasol”), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of cadar.

Noun

cêtêra

1. parasol

Etymology 2

See cerita.

Noun

cêtêra

1. see cerita

Further reading

• “cetera”, 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

Latin

Etymology 1

Plural of cēterum.

Noun

cētera n pl (genitive cēterōrum); second declension

1. the other things, the rest

   ad cētera ēgregius ― outstanding from every aspect

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	cētera
genitive	cēterōrum
dative	cēterīs
accusative	cētera
ablative	cēterīs
vocative	cētera

Derived terms

• et cētera

Adverb

cētera (not comparable)

1. for the rest (adverbial use of the accusative plural of the noun)

See also

• cēterum

Etymology 2

Adjective

cētera

1. inflection of cēterus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

   ad cetera egregius ― outstanding from every aspect

Adjective

cēterā

1. ablative feminine singular of cēterus

References

• “cetera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cetera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ceterus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• "cetera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)