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English
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Noun
ceria (countable and uncountable, plural cerias)
- (inorganic chemistry) The compound cerium(IV) oxide.
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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
- clean, pure
- shining, clear
- (Classical) rule in king enthronement
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Latin
Noun
ceria
- 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.