cerise

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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)

  1. 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)

  1. (of textiles, especially silk) Cherry-colored; a light bright red.

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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)

  1. cerise colour

Noun

cerise f (plural cerises)

  1. cherry (fruit)
    Coordinate term: griotte
  2. (color) cerise

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: seriz
  • English: cerise
  • Swedish: 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 singularf (oblique plural cerises, nominative singular cerise, nominative plural cerises)

  1. cherry

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cerise.

Noun

cerise c

  1. cerise

Adjective

cerise

  1. cerise