Meanings
cerise1
plural cerises
- countableuncountableA deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
Before us lay the autumn tinted woods glimmering in gold, purple, green, and cerise.
1927, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, E.P. Dutton & Co., page 671 more example
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 […]
1980, Donald Pavey, Color, page 116
comparative more cerise · superlative most cerise
Cerise2
plural Cerises
- A female given name from French.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincerasium
- Vulgar Latinceresia
- Frenchcerise
- Englishcerise
Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch.
More words from French, Vulgar Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian вишнев, светловишнев
- вишнев (višnev)colour
- светловишнев (svetlovišnev)colour
Czech jasně červený
- jasně červenýcolour
French cerise
- cerisecolour
German Kirschrot, kirschrot
- Kirschrotcolour
- kirschrotcolour
Italian ciliegia, ciliegia
- ciliegiacolour
- ciliegiacolour
Japanese サクランボ色, サクランボ色
- サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro)colour
- サクランボ色 (sakuranboiro)colour
Russian вишнёвый
- вишнёвый (višnjóvyj)colour
Spanish cereza, cereza
- cerezacolour
- cerezacolour
Swedish cerise, cerise
- cerisecolour
- cerisecolour
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cerise
Cite this entry
cerise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerise
“cerise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cerise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerise.
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