farina

[ fuh-ree-nuh ]

noun

1. flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
2. Chiefly British. starch, especially potato starch.

farina

/ fəˈriːnə /

noun

1. flour or meal made from any kind of cereal grain
2. starch, esp prepared from potato flour

Word History and Origins

Origin of farina¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin farīna meal, flour, equivalent to far emmer + -īna, feminine of -īnus -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of farina¹

C18: from Latin fār spelt, coarse meal

Example Sentences

Homemade pastas, local specialties made with farina bóna and an array of traditional charcuterie and cheese.

From Washington Post

“They look like a lotus, and some are this incredible white-silver, from the powdery coating on their leaves—the ‘farina,’ or pulverulence—that is a protective mechanism for the sun.

From The New Yorker

The ring from the “Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters” program set him back 10 cents and a label from Ralston instant farina.

From Washington Times

If farina and semolina bring to mind only dull and dreaded porridges of childhood, here they are only the bland, blank pages for upma’s complex pleasures.

From Los Angeles Times

On Monday, for breakfast, I could cut some apples into a pot of farina, dust it with cinnamon and serve with maple syrup and cream.

From New York Times