cirera

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ceresia (compare Occitan cerièra), 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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈɾe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [siˈɾe.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

cirera f (plural cireres)

1. a cherry
2. a fruit resembling a cherry, such as the fruit of the strawberry tree

Derived terms

• cirerar
• cirerer
• cirereta
• cirerola
• remenar les cireres

 

Further reading

• “cirera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cirera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cirera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

French

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Verb

cirera

1. third-person singular future of cirer

Anagrams

• carier
• criera
• écrira