serac

== English == === Etymology === From Swiss French sérac (“kind of cheese; sharp tower of ice”), from Franco-Provençal sera, seré, from Latin seraceum, from serum (“whey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”). Sense 2 is from the resemblance of the towers of ice to the cheese, which tends to cleave into rectangular pieces. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛˈɹæk/, /ˈsɛɹæk/ (General American) IPA(key): /sɛˈɹæk/ Hyphenation: se‧rac === Noun === serac (plural seracs) Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cow milk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue. (geography, glaciology) A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier. [from mid 19th c.] ==== Alternative forms ==== sérac ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === serac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Schabziger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (cheese) === Anagrams === cares, sacre, caser, acers, ceras, scare, Ceras, Creas, Cesar, Carse, Races, CERAs, Crase, e-cars, caers, carse, races, SERCA, acres, Cares, scear, crase == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Noun === serac m (plural seracs) (glaciology) serac (a sharp ridge of ice between crevasses of a glacier) == Romanian == === Adjective === serac m or n (feminine singular seracă, masculine plural seraci, feminine/neuter plural serace) obsolete form of sărac ==== Declension ==== === References === serac in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN