"cerise" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /səˈɹiːz/, /səˈɹiːs/ Forms: more cerise [comparative], most cerise [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːz, -iːs Etymology: Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cerise}} French cerise, {{der|en|VL.|ceresia}} Vulgar Latin ceresia, {{der|en|la|cerasium}} Latin cerasium, {{doublet|en|cherry|kirsch}} Doublet of cherry and kirsch Head templates: {{en-adj}} cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)
  1. (of textiles, especially silk) Cherry-colored; a light bright red. Categories (topical): Pinks Translations (colour): светловишнев (svetlovišnev) (Bulgarian), kirschrot (German), cerizo (Ido), ciliegia (Italian), サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro) (Japanese), cereza (Spanish), cerise (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cerise-en-adj-3hmDbOAt Disambiguation of Pinks: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Related terms: blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, 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 Related terms (reds): red

Noun

IPA: /səˈɹiːz/, /səˈɹiːs/ Forms: cerises [plural]
Rhymes: -iːz, -iːs Etymology: Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cerise}} French cerise, {{der|en|VL.|ceresia}} Vulgar Latin ceresia, {{der|en|la|cerasium}} Latin cerasium, {{doublet|en|cherry|kirsch}} Doublet of cherry and kirsch Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)
  1. A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: Hollywood cerise Translations (colour): светловишнев (svetlovišnev) (Bulgarian), cerise (French), Kirschrot [neuter] (German), ciliegia (Italian), サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro) (Japanese), вишнёвый (višnjóvyj) (Russian), boja višnje (Serbo-Croatian), cereza [feminine] (Spanish), cerise (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cerise-en-noun-cMvKQHJ0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "Pompeian red"
    },
    {
      "word": "poppy"
    },
    {
      "word": "raspberry"
    },
    {
      "word": "red violet"
    },
    {
      "word": "rose"
    },
    {
      "word": "rouge"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruby"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruddy"
    },
    {
      "word": "salmon"
    },
    {
      "word": "sanguine"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarlet"
    },
    {
      "word": "shocking pink"
    },
    {
      "word": "stammel"
    },
    {
      "word": "strawberry"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkey red"
    },
    {
      "word": "Venetian red"
    },
    {
      "word": "vermilion"
    },
    {
      "word": "vinaceous"
    },
    {
      "word": "vinous"
    },
    {
      "word": "violet red"
    },
    {
      "word": "wine"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cherry-colored; a light bright red."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silk",
          "silk"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ],
        [
          "red",
          "red"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "especially silk",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of textiles, especially silk) Cherry-colored; a light bright red."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of textiles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈɹiːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈɹiːs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːz"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svetlovišnev",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "светловишнев"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "kirschrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "cerizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "ciliegia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakuranboiro",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "サクランボ色"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "cereza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "cerise"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cerise"
  ],
  "word": "cerise"
}

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