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Is cerise a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cerise is a Scrabble US word. The word cerise is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is cerise a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cerise is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

CERISE,

5-letter words (11 found)

CERES,CIRES,CREES,CRIES,CRISE,ERICS,ICERS,RICES,SCREE,SERIC,SIREE,

4-letter words (20 found)

CEES,CERE,CIRE,CREE,CRIS,ERES,ERIC,ICER,ICES,IRES,RECS,REES,REIS,RICE,RISE,SEER,SEIR,SERE,SICE,SIRE,

3-letter words (17 found)

CEE,CIS,ERE,ERS,ICE,IRE,REC,REE,REI,RES,SEC,SEE,SEI,SER,SIC,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ER,ES,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from cerise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cerise

cerise

Etymology

Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈɹiːz/, /səˈɹiːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːz, -iːs

Noun

cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)

  1. A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

Derived terms

  • Hollywood cerise

Translations

Adjective

cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)

  1. (of textiles, especially silk) Cherry-colored; a light bright red.

Translations

See also

  • (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cerise, 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.ʁiz/
  • Rhymes: -iz
  • Homophone: cerises

Adjective

cerise (invariable)

  1. cerise colour

Noun

cerise f (plural cerises)

  1. cherry (fruit)
    Coordinate term: griotte
  2. cerise (color)

Derived terms

  • cerise sur le gâteau
  • gâteau sous la cerise
  • ne pas avoir mis la queue aux cerises
  • queues de cerises
  • tomate cerise

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: seriz
  • English: cerise
  • Swedish: cerise

Further reading

  • “cerise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • cirées, criées, écries

Old French

Alternative forms

  • kerise
  • cherise

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡səˈɾizə/

Noun

cerise oblique singularf (oblique plural cerises, nominative singular cerise, nominative plural cerises)

  1. cherry

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: cerize
  • French: cerise (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: chérise (Jersey)
  • Picard: chrisse
  • Walloon: ceréjhe
  • Middle English: cheri (see there for further descendants)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cerise.

Noun

cerise c

  1. cerise

Adjective

cerise

  1. cerise

Source: wiktionary.org