cereja

== Portuguese == === 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. Cognate with Galician cereixa, Spanish cereza, Catalan cirera, Occitan cerièisa, French cerise, Italian ciliegia and Romanian cireașă. === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈɾe.ʒa/, /sɛˈɾe.ʒa/ (without vowel harmony) (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈɾe.ʒɐ/ Rhymes: -eʒɐ Hyphenation: ce‧re‧ja === Noun === cereja f (plural cerejas) cherry (fruit) having the color of cherries; red ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Sëreesch === Further reading === “cereja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cereja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “cereja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cereja”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “cereja” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913