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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch.
Pronunciation
Noun
cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)
- A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
cerise:
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 […]
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Adjective
cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)
- (of textiles, especially silk) Cherry-colored; a light bright red.
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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, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
French
Etymology
Inherited 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
Adjective
cerise (invariable)
- cerise colour
Noun
cerise f (plural cerises)
- cherry (fruit)
- Coordinate term: griotte
- (color) cerise
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Old French
Alternative forms
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
cerise oblique singular, f (oblique plural cerises, nominative singular cerise, nominative plural cerises)
- cherry
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French cerise.
Noun
cerise c
- cerise
Adjective
cerise
- cerise