cereja

See also: cerēja

Portuguese

cerejas

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.ʒa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾe.ʒɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾe.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾe.ʒɐ/

(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)

Related terms

cerejeira

Descendants

→ Hunsrik: Sëreesch

Further reading

“cereja” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
“cereja” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“cereja” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“cereja” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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