cereal
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Wheat, a cereal (1).
See also: Cereal
English
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 *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɚ.i.əl/
- (Canada) IPA(key):
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: serial
Noun
cereal (countable and uncountable, plural cereals)
- (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
- (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
- (uncountable) Breakfast cereal.
- Would you like some cereal?
- Which cereal would you like for breakfast?
- a bowl of cereal
Synonyms
- (edible grains): foodgrain
Hyponyms
- (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
type of grass
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grains of such a grass
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breakfast cereal — see breakfast cereal
Further reading
- Lists of cereals at Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cereal m (plural cereals)
- cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
- 2008, Miquel Pujol i Palol, Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals, →ISBN, page 24:
- Tant a Catalunya com a Espanya la importància del cultiu dels cereals ha anat augmentant en els darrers 40 anys.
- In Catalonia as well as in Spain, the importance of cereal crops has been increasing in the past 40 years.
- (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
- (in the plural) breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)
Further reading
- “cereal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cereal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cereal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cereal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
cereal m (plural cereais)
Further reading
- “cereal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cereal m (plural cereais)
- cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
- (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
- breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)
Hypernyms
- (type of grass): gramínea
Hyponyms
- (Cereals) cereal; arroz, aveia, centeio, cevada, fonio, milhete/milheto, milho, sorgo, trigo, triticale
Related terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈal/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾeˈal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ce‧re‧al
Noun
cereal m (plural cereales)
- cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
- (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
- (in the plural) breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)
Further reading
- “cereal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014