cerimonia

See also: cerimónia, cerimònia, and cerimônia

Galician

Etymology

Derived from Latin caerimōnia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeɾiˈmɔnja/ [θe.ɾiˈmɔ̃.njɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θeɾiˈmɔnja/ [θe.ɾiˈmɔ̃.njɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /seɾiˈmɔnja/ [se.ɾiˈmɔ̃.njɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɔnja
• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧mo‧nia

Noun

cerimonia f (plural cerimonias)

1. ceremony

Related terms

• cerimonial
• cerimonioso

Further reading

• “cerimonia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From Latin caerimōnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.riˈmɔ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔnja
• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧mò‧nia

Noun

cerimonia f (plural cerimonie, pejorative cerimoniàccia)

1. ceremony, ritual
2. (ecclesiastical) service

   cerimonia nuziale ― wedding service

3. (in the plural) fuss, ceremony

   Synonym: complimenti

Derived terms

• cerimonia di apertura
• cerimonia di chiusura
• cerimoniale
• cerimonialismo
• cerimoniere
• cerimonioso

Further reading

• “cerimonia”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “cerimonia”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• acrimonie, anomerici, inceriamo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [keː.rɪˈmoː.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃe.riˈmɔː.ni.a]

Noun

cērimōnia f (genitive cērimōniae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) alternative form of caerimōnia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cērimōnia	cērimōniae
genitive	cērimōniae	cērimōniārum
dative	cērimōniae	cērimōniīs
accusative	cērimōniam	cērimōniās
ablative	cērimōniā	cērimōniīs
vocative	cērimōnia	cērimōniae

References

• “cerimonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerimonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

cerimonia

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

Etymology 2

Noun

cerimonia f (plural cerimonias)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cerimônia / cerimónia
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 93:

     Ergueram-se todos, sem cerimonia, turbulentamente, como da mesa de um hotel...

     They all rose up without ceremony, turbulently, like from a hotel table...