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.
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Noun
cirera f (plural cireres)
- a cherry
- a fruit resembling a cherry, such as the fruit of the strawberry tree
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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
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