cereja

See also: cerēja

Portuguese

cerejas

Etymology

Etymology tree

Anatoliander.?

Pre-Greekder.?

Ancient Greek κερᾰσός (kerăsós)

Proto-Indo-European *-yóm

Proto-Hellenic [Term?]

Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)

Ancient Greek κερᾰ́σῐον (kerắsĭon)bor.

Latin cerasium

Late Latin ceresium

Late Latin ceresia

Old Galician-Portuguese cereija

Portuguese cereja

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cereija, from Late Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of ceresium, assimilated form of Latin cerasium, borrowed from Ancient Greek κερᾰ́σῐον (kerắsĭon, “cherry (fruit)”), from κερᾰσός (kerăsós) + -ῐον (-ĭon).

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.ʒɐ/

 

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

Noun

cereja f (plural cerejas)

1. cherry (fruit)
2. having the color of cherries; red

Related terms

• cerejeira

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Sëreesch

Further reading

• “cereja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cereja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “cereja”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• 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