cerise
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of cerise
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
“Before us lay the autumn tinted woods glimmering in gold, purple, green, and cerise.”
“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 […]”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
“Before us lay the autumn tinted woods glimmering in gold, purple, green, and cerise.”
“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 […]”
adj
- Cherry-colored; a light bright red.
name
- A female given name from French.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch.
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