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• cero
  cero

  noun

  a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast game fish, Scomberomorus regalis, of the mackerel family.
• cero-
  cero-

  a combining form meaning “wax,” used in the formation of compound words.

cero

¹ American  

[seer-oh] / ˈsɪər oʊ /

noun

plural

cero,

plural

ceros

1. a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast game fish, Scomberomorus regalis, of the mackerel family.

2. any of various related fishes.

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cero- ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “wax,” used in the formation of compound words.

   cerotype.

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cero ¹ British  

/ ˈsɪrəʊ, ˈsɪərəʊ /

noun

1. a large spiny-finned food fish, Scomberomorus regalis, of warm American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)

2. any similar or related fish

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cero- ² British  

combining form

1. indicating the use of wax

   ceroplastic

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Etymology

Origin of cero¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; alteration of sierra

Origin of cero-²

< Greek kēro-, combining form of kērós wax

Example Sentences

Otra opción que tal vez requiera más tiempo y dinero es que se construyan instalaciones nuevas de ladrillo y mortero desde cero, con un diseño específico para este efecto.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2022

A principios de 2020, Mustre de León firmó un pronunciamiento en el que informaba que el centro impondría una política de cero tolerancia hacia el acoso sexual.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 5, 2021

Después de todo, los ingresos de la taquilla se han reducido a prácticamente cero y más de 100 mil trabajadores de la industria del entretenimiento han perdido sus empleos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2020

The final score was 2–0, or dos a cero, a sort of mantra with which Americans teased the once unbeatable Mexicans.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2018

Othe were taught of the mouthe of the best learned, Demosthenes of Iseus, a man moste Eloquent: Ci- cero of Philo and Milo, famous in wisedome and Eloquence.

From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard