Definition
Having a waxy or waxy-like appearance or texture, resembling beeswax or wax-coated surfaces.
Etymology
From Latin 'cera' meaning wax, combined with the adjective suffix '-ose' meaning full of or characterized by. The term evolved in English scientific terminology to describe materials with waxy properties.
Kelly Says
This word reveals how scientists create descriptive language by combining Latin roots with standard English suffixes—it's like building chemistry terms as needed rather than memorizing thousands of arbitrary names!
Translations
ARالعربية
قارطاج
qa-ra-ta-j
BNবাংলা
সের্তোসা
ser-to-sa
CACatalà
certosa
cer-to-sa
CSČeština
certosa
cer-to-sa
DADansk
certosa
cer-to-sa
DEDeutsch
Certosa
cer-to-sa
ELΕλληνικά
certosa
cer-to-sa
ESEspañol
certosa
cer-to-sa
FISuomi
certosa
cer-to-sa
FRFrançais
certose
ser-to-s
HEעברית
צרטוסה
tser-to-sa
HIहिन्दी
सेर्टोसा
se-r-to-sa
HUMagyar
certosa
cer-to-sa
IDBahasa Indonesia
certosa
cer-to-sa
ITItaliano
certosa
cer-to-sa
MSBahasa Melayu
certosa
cer-to-sa
NLNederlands
certose
cer-to-se
NONorsk
certosa
cer-to-sa
PLPolski
certosa
cer-to-sa
PTPortuguês
certosa
cer-to-sa
RORomână
certosa
cer-to-sa
RUРусский
цертоса
tser-to-sa
SVSvenska
certosa
cer-to-sa
SWKiswahili
certosa
cer-to-sa
TAதமிழ்
செர்டோசா
se-r-to-sa
TEతెలుగు
సర్టోసా
sar-to-sa
THไทย
เซอร์โตซ่า
ser-to-sa
TRTürkçe
certosa
cer-to-sa
UKУкраїнська
цертоса
tser-to-sa
VITiếng Việt
certosa
cer-to-sa