merise

French

merise

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French *amerise, from amer (“sour, bitter”), influenced by cerise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.ʁiz/

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Noun

merise f (plural merises)

1. wild cherry (fruit)

Derived terms

• merisier

Further reading

• “merise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• merise on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

• misère, remise, remisé