cimera

See also: cimerà

Catalan

Etymology

From cimer +‎ -a. The sense of "summit" is a clipping of reunió cimera (“summit meeting”). The sense of "crest" may derive from Latin Chimaera with influence from cimer, making this term a doublet of quimera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈme.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈme.ɾa]

Adjective

cimera f sg

1. feminine singular of cimer

Noun

cimera f (plural cimeres)

1. summit (meeting)

   La Cimera Iberoamericana ― The Ibero-American Summit

2. (heraldry) crest
3. (zoology) poll (top of the head of a horned animal)

   Synonym: tos

Further reading

• “cimera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cimera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cimera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Noun

cimera f (plural cimeras)

1. decorated crest of a medieval helm
2. (heraldry) crest

Adjective

cimera f sg

1. feminine singular of cimero

Further reading

• “cimera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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