🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ファリナ

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: farina

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Farina/fəˈriː.nə/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"ファリナは温かい朝食のシリアルとしてよく食べられます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A meal or flour made from cereal grains, especially wheat, commonly used to make porridge or puddings.

    "She prepared a warm bowl of farina with honey and milk for breakfast."
  2. 2

    A fine flour or powder, such as starch, used in various culinary and industrial applications.

    "The recipe requires a dusting of farina to prevent the dough from sticking to the surface."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word farina, meaning 'meal' or 'flour', which stems from far ('spelt'). It entered the English language in the late 16th century via Italian, initially retaining its general meaning of flour before narrowing to designate cereal meal, especially wheat.

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