different between serac vs seral

English

Etymology

From Switzerland 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): /s???æk/, /?s??æk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s???æk/
• Hyphenation: se?rac

Noun

serac (plural seracs)

1. Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cowmilk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue.
2. (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

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, scare

Portuguese

Noun

serac m (plural seracs)

1. (glaciology) serac (a sharp ridge of ice between crevasses of a glacier)

English

Etymology

sere +? -al

Adjective

seral (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a sere.

Anagrams

• Arels, LASER, Lares, Laser, Searl, arles, arsle, earls, lares, laser, lears, rales, reals, saler