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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cereyja, cereija (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.
Cognate with Portuguese cereja and Spanish cereza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeˈɾejʃa̝/, /ˈθɾɛjʃa̝/, (western) /seˈɾejʃa̝/
Noun
cereixa f (plural cereixas)
- cherry (fruit)
Derived terms
References
- “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 Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cereixa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.