ceia

Meaning

Noun

supper, evening meal

Verb

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

Hyphenated as

cei‧a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsej.ɐ/

Etymology

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.