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

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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.