cereal

Etymology

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪəɹiːəɫ]

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: serial

Noun

cereal (usually uncountable, plural cereals)

1. (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
2. (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
3. (uncountable) Breakfast cereal.

   Would you like some cereal?

4. (countable) A particular type of breakfast cereal.

   Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

Further reading

• Lists of cereals at Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carlee, claree, cleare, relace

Noun

cereal m (plural cereals)

1. cereal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ˈɾjaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.ɾi.ˈaw/, /ˌse.ɾe.ˈaw/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾɛ.ˈaw/, /ˌsɛ.ˈɾjaw/
• Homophone: serial

Noun

cereal m (plural cereais)

1. cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
2. (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
3. breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Noun

cereal m (plural cereales)

1. cereal