cẽa

See also: cea, CEA, and ce'a

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cēna (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sẽ.a/

Noun

cẽa f

1. dinner (evening meal)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 398 (facsimile):

     Ca o dia da gran cẽa […]

     For on the day of the great supper […]

Descendants

• Galician: cea
• Portuguese: ceia