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.
  • ceric oxide
  • cerium oxide
  • cerium dioxide

Anagrams

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

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.ria/
  • Hyphenation: cê‧ria

Noun

ceria

  1. clean, pure
  2. shining, clear
  3. (Classical Indonesian) rule in king enthronement

Derived terms

  • keceriaan
  • menceriakan
  • penceriaan
  • seceria

Further reading

Latin

Noun

ceria

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cerium

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.
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