ceniza

• ciniza
• cenisa
• cinza

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈniθa/ [θeˈni.θa]
• Rhymes: -iθa
• Syllabification: ce‧ni‧za

ceniza f (plural cenices)

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “ceniza”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “ceniza”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

• ceniça

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis.

• IPA^(key): /t͡se.ni.d͡za/

ceniza f (plural cenizas)

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
   • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 23rb:

     […] comẽdo n͠tro ſeñor a moẏſen q̃ pͥſieſela uaca bermeia eq̃la colgaſe eleazar el ſacerdot despues q̃ la q͠masen ⁊ pͥſieſen la ceniza desparzerla an sobrel pueblo […]

     […] Our Lord ordered Moses to capture the red cow and that Eleazar the priest hung it, after which they shall burn it and seize its ash to scatter it over the folk […] .

Inherited from Old Spanish ceniza, from Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis. Compare Portuguese cinza and Romanian cenușă.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈniθa/ [θeˈni.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈnisa/ [seˈni.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -iθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ce‧ni‧za

ceniza f (plural cenizas)

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

   Synonyms: escoria, pavesa

   • 1591, Richard Percyuall, “Ceniza”, in Bibliotheca Hispanica. Containg a Grammar, with a Dictionaire in Spanish, English, and Latine […] (in Early Modern English), London: Iohn Iackson, page 111:

     Ceniza, aſhes, Cinis.

     Ceniza, ashes, Cinis.

2. (in the plural) ashes (solid remains of a human or animal cadaver after cremation)

• → Papiamentu: shinishi
• → Tagalog: senisa

ceniza f

1. feminine singular of cenizo

• “ceniza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024