cerise

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹiːz/

Noun

cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)

1. A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

   cerise colour:  

   • 1980, Donald Pavey, Color (page 116)

     His bold patterns in vivid colours predated the arrival in Paris of the Ballets Russes, though his later designs reflect the canary yellows, bright blues, jades, cerises […]

Translations

colour

• Bulgarian: светловишнев (svetlovišnev)
• French: cerise (fr)
• German: Kirschrot n
• Italian: ciliegia (it)
• Japanese: サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro)

• Russian: вишнёвый (ru) (višnjóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: boja višnje
• Spanish: cereza (es) f
• Swedish: cerise (sv)

Adjective

cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)

1. Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Translations

colour

• Bulgarian: светловишнев (svetlovišnev)
• German: kirschrot (de)
• Ido: cerizo (io)
• Italian: ciliegia (it)

• Japanese: サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro)
• Spanish: cereza (es)
• Swedish: cerise (sv)

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

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French

Etymology

From Old French cerise, 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ʁiz/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -iz
• Homophone: cerises

Adjective

cerise (invariable)

1. cerise colour

Noun

cerise f (plural cerises)

1. cherry (fruit)
2. cerise

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: seriz
• → Alemannic German: Chriäsi, Chriese, Grease
• → Badisch: Kriesi
• → English: cerise
• → Swabian: Kriese
• → Swedish: cerise

Further reading

• “cerise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cirées, criées, écries

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Old French

Alternative forms

• kerise
• cherise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡seˈrizə]

Etymology

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.

Noun

cerise f (oblique plural cerises, nominative singular cerise, nominative plural cerises)

1. cherry

Descendants

• Bourguignon: cerize
• French: cerise (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: chérise (Jersey)
• Picard: chrisse
• Walloon: ceréjhe
• → Middle English: cheri (see there for further descendants)

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cerise.

Noun

cerise ?

1. cerise

Adjective

cerise

1. cerise