farina

fa·ri·na
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/fəˈɹiːnə//fəˈɹaɪnə/

noun

A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

Similar
cream of wheat
OriginLatin farīna →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

farina1

nounfarina (countable and uncountable, plural farinas)

plural farinas

  1. countableuncountableA fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
  2. countableuncountableA particular grade of wheat meal, commonly used as hot breakfast cereal in North America.
  3. countableuncountablebiologyA powdery, pale yellow, crystalline secretion consisting of flavonoids in Primula and other species.
  4. countableuncountableHot breakfast cereal made from prepared farina in milk.

    Synonyms: cream of wheat

Farina2

proper nounFarina (plural Farinas)

plural Farinas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounHot breakfast cereal made from prepared farina in milk.

Similar
cream of wheat

Origin

farina · noun

  1. Latinfarīna“flour, meal”
  2. Englishfarina

Borrowed from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”), from far (“kind of grain”).

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Farina · proper noun

  1. ItalianFarina
  2. EnglishFarina

Borrowed from Italian Farina.

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Translations

Arabic نَشَاء
  • نَشَاء (našāʔ)fine flour
Bulgarian фино брашно
  • фино брашно (fino brašno)fine flour
Estonian manna
  • mannafine flour
Greek φαρίνα
  • φαρίνα (farína)fine flour
Polish grysik, kasza manna
  • grysikfine flour
  • kasza mannafine flour
  • mannafine flour

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with farina

chinaCarolinalatinaArgentinaarenaKatrinamarinakindaninaPasadenareginaAngelinasubpoenaXenaanginaDinaminaballerinasalinagalenaDinahcarinapatinaspina
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Cite this entry
APA

farina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farina

MLA

“farina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farina.

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