Translingual

Acer campestre

Proper noun

Acer n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – the maples.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Sapindales - order; Sapindaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore maple) - type species; Acer campestre (field maple), Acer grandidentatum (bigtooth maple), Acer macrophyllum (bigleaf maple), Acer micranthum (garden maple), Acer negundo (Manitoba maple), Acer palmatum (Japanese maple), (Acer pensylvanicum) (moosewood), Acer platanoides (Norway maple), Acer rubrum (red maple), Acer saccharinum (silver maple), Acer saccharum (sugar maple) - selected species

English

Noun

acer ‎(plural acers)

1. Obsolete spelling of acre

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs. Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Noun

acer m ‎(uncountable)

1. steel

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós ‎(“sharp”). The change from o-stem to i-stem declension is irregular and not fully explained. Likewise, Latin has irregular lengthening of the vowel. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκρος ‎(ákros).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ker/

Adjective

ācer m ‎(feminine ācris, neuter ācre); third declension

1. sharp, sour, bitter
2. keen, sagacious

Inflection

Third declension, masculine nominative singular in -er, neuter in -e.

• comparative: ācrior, superlative: ācerrimus

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ker/

Noun

acer n ‎(genitive aceris); third declension

1. maple tree

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• acernus

Descendants

• French: érable
• Italian: acero
• Romanian: arțar
• Spanish: ácere, arce
• Translingual: Acer

References

• acer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acer”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
    

1. ↑ http://starling.rinet.ru

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin *aciale.

Noun

acer m ‎(nominative singular acers)

1. Alternative form of acier