cereal

See also: Cereal

English

Wheat, a cereal (1).

Etymology

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪəɹiːəɫ]

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: serial

Noun

cereal (countable and uncountable, plural cereals)

1. (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
2. (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
3. (uncountable) Breakfast cereal.

   Would you like some cereal?

   Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

Synonyms

• (edible grains): foodgrain

Hyponyms

• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cereal bar
• cereal dust

• cereal killer
• pseudocereal

Related terms

• crescent
• sincere

Translations

type of grass

• Albanian: drithi m
• Armenian: հացաբույս (hy) (hacʻabuys), հացահատիկային կուլտուրա (hy) (hacʻahatikayin kultura)
• Basque: zereal
• Bulgarian: житна култура f (žitna kultura)
• Catalan: cereal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穀物／谷物 (zh) (gǔwù), 谷物 (zh) (gǔwù), 穀類／谷类 (zh) (gǔlèi), 谷类 (zh) (gǔlèi)

• Czech: obilnina f
• Danish: korn, kornsort (da)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vilja (fi)
• French: céréale (fr) f
• Galician: cereal (gl) m
• Georgian: ხორბლის (xorblis)
• German: Getreide (de) n; Korn (de) n
• Greek: δημητριακά (el) n pl (dimitriaká)
• Haitian Creole: sereyal
• Hindi: खाद्यान्न (hi) m (khādyānn)
• Indonesian: sereal
• Japanese: 穀物 (ja) (kokumotsu)
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• Korean: 시리얼 (sirieol)
• Latin: sacrificium n
• Latvian: labība (lv) f
• Lithuanian: javas m
• Macedonian: житарка f (žitarka), жито n (žito)
• Malay: bijian
• Nepali: खाद्यान्न (ne) (khādyānna), अनाज (ne) (anāj)
• Polish: zboże (pl) f
• Portuguese: m
• Quechua: riwi
• Romanian: cereală (ro) f
• Russian: злак (ru) m (zlak), зернова́я культу́ра f (zernovája kulʹtúra)
• Serbo-Croatian: žitarica (sh) f
• Slovene: žito
• Spanish: cereal (es) m
• Swahili: nafaka (sw)
• Swedish: sädesslag (sv) n
• Tagalog: angkak
• Thai: ธัญพืช (tan-yá-pʉ̂ʉt)
• Turkish: tahıl (tr)
• Vietnamese: ngũ cốc (vi)
• Zulu: okusanhlamvu

grains of such a grass

• Armenian: հացահատիկ (hy) (hacʻahatik)
• Bashkir: ярма (yarma), аш (aş)
• Bulgarian: зърнени храни pl (zǎrneni hrani)
• Catalan: cereals (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穀物／谷物 (zh) (gǔwù), 谷物 (zh) (gǔwù)

• Czech: obilí (cs) n
• Danish: korn
• Finnish: vilja (fi), viljanjyvä
• Galician: cereais m pl
• Georgian: ხორბლეული (xorbleuli)
• German: Getreide (de) n; Korn (de) n; Frucht (de) f

  Alemannic German: Frucht f

• Greek: δημητριακά (el) n pl (dimitriaká)

  Ancient: σῖτος m (sîtos), (Epic) ἀκτή m (aktḗ)

• Hindi: खाद्यान्न (hi) m (khādyānn)
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• Korean: 곡물 (ko) (gongmul)
• Latin: frūmentum n
• Latvian: labība (lv) f
• Macedonian: зрна n (zrna), жито n (žito)
• Malay: bijirin
• Nepali: खाद्यान्न (ne) (khādyānna), अनाज (ne) (anāj)
• Polish: zboże (pl) n
• Portuguese: cereais m pl
• Romanian: cereală (ro) f, grâne (ro)
• Russian: крупа́ (ru) f (krupá)
• Serbo-Croatian: zrno (sh) n
• Slovene: zrno
• Spanish: cereales (es) m pl
• Swedish: korn (sv) n
• Tagalog: angkak
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

breakfast cereal — see breakfast cereal

Further reading

• Lists of cereals at Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carlee, alerce, claree, cleare, relace

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.ɾeˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.ɾeˈal]

Noun

cereal m (plural cereals)

1. cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
   • 2008, Miquel Pujol i Palol, Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals, →ISBN, page 24:

     Tant a Catalunya com a Espanya la importància del cultiu dels cereals ha anat augmentant en els darrers 40 anys.

     In Catalonia as well as in Spain, the importance of cereal crops has been increasing in the past 40 years.

2. (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
3. (in the plural) breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Further reading

• “cereal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cereal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cereal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cereal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨ.ˈɾjaɫ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌse.ɾi.ˈaw/, /ˌse.ɾe.ˈaw/
• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾɛ.ˈaw/, /ˌsɛ.ˈɾjaw/
• Homophone: serial

Noun

cereal m (plural cereais)

1. cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
2. (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
3. breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Hypernyms

• (type of grass): gramínea

Hyponyms

• (Cereals) cereal; arroz, aveia, centeio, cevada, fonio, milhete/milheto, milho, sorgo, trigo, triticale

Related terms

• cerealicultor
• cerealicultura
• cerealífero

• cerealina
• cerealista
• Ceres

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈal/ [θe.ɾeˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾeˈal/ [se.ɾeˈal]

Noun

cereal m (plural cereales)

1. cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
2. (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
3. (in the plural) breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Further reading

• “cereal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014