cero

Other forms of cero

plural

ceroes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cero

What does cero mean?

cero means "large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cero?

cero has 2 syllables: cer-o. The stress falls on "cer". In IPA it is /ˈsɛˌɹoʊ/.

What is another word for cero?

Close synonyms include pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis, king mackerel, cavalla. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cero a common word?

cero is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cero?

12 words rhyme with cero. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.