cirera

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ceresia (compare Occitan cerièra), 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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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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
• cirerol
• cirerola
• remenar les cireres

Further reading

• “cirera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cirera”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “cirera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ʁə.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

cirera

1. third-person singular future of cirer

Anagrams

• carier
• criera
• écrira