kers

See also: Kers, KERS, and ķers

Afrikaans

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch kers (“candle”), variant of kaars, from Middle Dutch kerse. The Dutch development -er- → -aar- before a dental consonant is absent in a number of Afrikaans words (compare lantern, perd, stert, werd).

Noun

kers (plural kerse, diminutive kersie)

  1. candle

Usage notes

  • The diminutive kersie is the same as the noun kersie (“cherry”); it is avoided unless the context is clear.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛrs
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Etymology 1

Ultimately 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

Rode kersen
Red cherries

kers f (plural kersen, diminutive kersje n)

  1. cherry (fruit and tree)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with English cress, German Kresse

Noun

kers f (uncountable)

  1. cress (watercress, garden cress)
  2. nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus
Synonyms
  • (Tropaeolum): Oostindische kers, Oost-Indische kers
Hyponyms

Icelandic

Noun

kers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ker

West Frisian

Noun

kers c (plural kersen or kjersen)

  1. cherry
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