ceria

See also: cèria and cëria

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə

Noun

ceria (countable and uncountable, plural cerias)

1. (inorganic chemistry) The compound cerium(IV) oxide.

Derived terms

• nanoceria

Related terms

• ceric oxide
• cerium oxide
• cerium dioxide

Anagrams

• Ciera, Erica, areic, erica

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ceria, from Pali cariya (“conduct, behaviour, state of, life of”), from Sanskrit चर्य (carya, “observance of all rites and customs, conduct, behaviour”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈria/ [t͡ʃəˈri.a]
• Syllabification: ce‧ri‧a

Adjective

cêria (comparative lebih ceria, superlative paling ceria)

1. cheerful (noticeably happy and optimistic; bright and pleasant)
2. (rare) synonym of murni (“pure”)

Noun

ceria

1. (archaic) rules in king enthronement

Derived terms

• ceriakan (“to cheer, cheer up; to purify”)
• keceriaan (“cheerfulness, purity”)
• penceriaan (“cheering; purification”)
• seceria (“as cheeful as; as pure as”)

Further reading

• “ceria”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.ri.a]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ceria

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cerium

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ceria f (genitive ceriae); first declension

1. a Spanish drink prepared with corn

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ceria	ceriae
genitive	ceriae	ceriārum
dative	ceriae	ceriīs
accusative	ceriam	ceriās
ablative	ceriā	ceriīs
vocative	ceria	ceriae

Alternative forms

• cerea

References

• “ceria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "ceria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “ceria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Paelignian

Alternative forms

• cerria

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *keresjos, from *Kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Adjective

ceria f (nominative singular)

1. of or pertaining to Ceres
   • Ve.204:

     saluta musesa. pa
     anaceta.ceria
     et.aisis sato

     • Translation by Rex Wallace

       Saluta Mussidia, daughter of Pa., (dedicated this) sacred (object) to Anagta Cerialis and to the gods.

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109
• Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎^[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 107