cirera

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ceresia (compare Occitan cerièra), from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from , from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈɾe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈɾe.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

cirera f (plural cireres)

1. a cherry
2. a fruit resembling a cherry, such as the fruit of the strawberry tree

Derived terms

• cirerar
• cirerer
• cirereta
• cirerola

 

Further reading

• “cirera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cirera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Verb

cirera

1. third-person singular future of cirer

Anagrams

• carier
• criera
• écrira