cereja

See also: cerēja

Portuguese

cerejas

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cereyja, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

Cognate with Galician cereixa, Spanish cereza, Catalan cirera, Occitan cerièisa, French cerise, Italian ciliegia and Romanian cireașă.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾe.ʒɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.ʒa/
  • (without vowel harmony) IPA^(key): /sɛˈɾe.ʒa/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈɾe.ʒɐ/
• Hyphenation: ce‧re‧ja

Noun

cereja f (plural cerejas)

1. cherry (fruit)

Related terms

• cerejeira

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Sëreesch

Further reading

• “cereja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “cereja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cereja”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “cereja” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913