cerise

Etymology

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

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 […]

Adjective

cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)

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

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

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/

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• Rhymes: -iz
• Homophone: cerises

Adjective

cerise (invariable)

1. cerise colour

Noun

cerise f (plural cerises)

1. cherry (fruit)
2. cerise

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cirées, criées, écries

Alternative forms

• kerise
• cherise

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French cerise.

Noun

cerise ?

1. cerise

Adjective

cerise

1. cerise