cerise

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old French cerise, Latin ceresia

Noun

cerise (uncountable)

1. A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

   cerise colour:

Translations

colour

Bulgarian: светловишнев (bg) French: cerise (fr) Italian: ciliegia (it) Japanese: サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro)

Russian: вишнёвый (ru) (višnjóvyj) Serbo-Croatian: boja višnje (sh) Spanish: cereza (es) f. Swedish: cerise (sv)

Adjective

cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)

1. Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Translations

colour

Bulgarian: светловишнев (bg) Ido: cerizo Italian: ciliegia (it)

Japanese: サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro) Spanish: cereza (es) Swedish: cerise (sv)

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds) [edit]}

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French

Etymology

Old French cerise, from Late Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerasion, “cherry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s(ə)ʁiz/, X-SAMPA: /s(@)Riz/

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• Rhymes: -iz
• Homophone: cerises

Adjective

cerise inv.

1. cerise colour

Noun

cerise f. (plural cerises)

1. cherry (fruit)
2. cerise

Anagrams

• cirées, criées, écries

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Old French

Alternative forms

• kerise
• cherise

Etymology

Latin ceresia

Noun

cerise f. (oblique plural cerises, nominative singular cerise, nominative plural cerises)

1. cherry

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Swedish

Etymology

French cerise, Latin ceresia

Noun

cerise

1. cerise

Adjective

cerise

1. cerise