cereixa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cereyja (compare Portuguese cereja), 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): /θeˈɾejʃa̝/, /ˈθɾɛjʃa̝/, (western) /seˈɾejʃa̝/

Noun

cereixa f (plural cereixas)

  1. cherry (fruit)

References

  • “cereixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “cereixa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “cereixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “cereixa” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “cereixa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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