cerise
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry.
NounEdit
cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)
- 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 […]
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AdjectiveEdit
cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)
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See alsoEdit
- (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)
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cerise (invariable)
- cerise colour
NounEdit
cerise f (plural cerises)
DescendantsEdit
- Haitian Creole: seriz
- → Alemannic German: Chriäsi, Chriese, Grease
- → Badisch: Kriesi
- → English: cerise
- → Swabian: Kriese
- → Swedish: cerise
Further readingEdit
- “cerise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
cerise f (oblique plural cerises, nominative singular cerise, nominative plural cerises)
DescendantsEdit
- Bourguignon: cerize
- French: cerise
- Norman: chérise (Jersey)
- Picard: chrisse
- Walloon: ceréjhe
- → Middle English: cheri, chiri, chirie, chyry, chere, cherie, chery