ceia

Galician

Verb

ceia

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of cear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin clēta.

Noun

ceia f

1. lattice

References

• Levi, Attilio (1927), “ceia”, in Dizionario etimologico del dialetto piemontese, Turin: Paravia, page 79.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ɐ/ [ˈseɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ɐ/ [ˈseɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.a/ [ˈseɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɐ/

• Homophone: Seia
• Hyphenation: cei‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cẽa (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Latin cēna (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Galician cea, Spanish and Italian cena.

Noun

ceia f (plural ceias)

1. supper, evening meal

   Synonyms: jantar, janta

   Última Ceia ― Last Supper

   Ceia de Natal ― Christmas dinner

Usage notes

In most contexts jantar and janta have replaced ceia in the sense of evening meal. It is now associated with special occasions such as Christmas dinners or as a light meal taken after the jantar, usually after midnight.

Derived terms

• Última Ceia

Related terms

• cear

Etymology 2

Verb

ceia

1. inflection of cear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• ceia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “ceia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ceia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025