cire

cire (countable and uncountable, plural cires)

1. A fabric with a glazed finish.

• Eric, RICE, Rice, eric, icer, rice

From Old French cire, chiere, ciere, from Latin cēra.

• IPA^(key): /siʁ/

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• Homophones: cirent, cires, sire, sires

cire f (plural cires)

1. wax
2. beeswax
3. earwax
4. sealing wax
5. (wax) taper (wax candle)
6. cere

cire

1. first-person singular present indicative of cirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of cirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cirer
5. second-person singular imperative of cirer

• “cire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• crie, crié
• Éric

cīre

1. present active infinitive of ciō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of ciō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of ciō